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Definition of Blot
| v. t. | 1. | | | 1. | To spot, stain, or bespatter, as with ink. | | 2. | To impair; to damage; to mar; to soil. | | 3. | To stain with infamy; to disgrace. | | 4. | To obliterate, as writing with ink; to cancel; to efface; - generally with out; as, to blot out a word or a sentence. Often figuratively; as, to blot out offenses. | | 5. | To obscure; to eclipse; to shadow. | | 6. | To dry, as writing, with blotting paper. | | v. i. | 1. | To take a blot; as, this paper blots easily. | | n. | 1. | A spot or stain, as of ink on paper; a blur. | | 2. | An obliteration of something written or printed; an erasure. | | 3. | A spot on reputation; a stain; a disgrace; a reproach; a blemish. | | 1. | (Backgammon) An exposure of a single man to be taken up. | | 2. | A weak point; a failing; an exposed point or mark. |
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