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English

Etymology

Originally "blemish," perhaps from Old Norse blettr, or from Old French bloche "clod of earth."

Pronunciation

:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ɒt|-ɒt

Noun

blot

a blemish, spot or stain made by a coloured substance
In the Context of a stain on someone's reputation or character; a disgrace
the Southern blot analysis (and derived Northern and Western) analytical techniques
(games) an exposed piece in backgammon

Translations

French: tache (1), (ink) pâté (1), souillure (2)
German: Fleck (1), Schandfleck (2)

Verb

to blot (transitive or intransitive)

to cause a blot (on something) by spilling a coloured substance
to soak up, or absorb liquid
to hide, obscure or obliterate something

Translations

French: tacher (1), entacher (une réputation) (2)
German: beflecken (1), kleckern (1), ablöschen (3)

Derived terms

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Old English

Etymology

From blotan|blōtan.

Pronunciation

IPA: /blo:t/

An audio transcript can be found at en-us-blot.ogg

Noun

(ġe)blōt n blot

a sacrifice, especially a human sacrifice by heathens
:He ealle ða cuman to blote gedyde: he gave all the strangers as a sacrifice. (Alfred's Orosius)

Category:Old English nouns

ar:blot br:blot fr:blot gl:blot io:blot it:blot hu:blot nds:blot pt:blot fi:blot ta:blot te:blot vi:blot zh:blot

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Blot \Blot\, v. i.
To take a blot; as, this paper blots easily.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Blot \Blot\, n. [Cf. Icel. blettr, Dan. plet.]
1. A spot or stain, as of ink on paper; a blur. "Inky blots
and rotten parchment bonds." --Shak.
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2. An obliteration of something written or printed; an
erasure. --Dryden.
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3. A spot on reputation; a stain; a disgrace; a reproach; a
blemish.
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This deadly blot in thy digressing son. --Shak.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Blot \Blot\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blotted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Blotting.] [Cf. Dan. plette. See 3d Blot.]
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1. To spot, stain, or bespatter, as with ink.
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The brief was writ and blotted all with gore.
--Gascoigne.
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2. To impair; to damage; to mar; to soil.
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It blots thy beauty, as frosts do bite the meads.
--Shak.
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3. To stain with infamy; to disgrace.
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Blot not thy innocence with guiltless blood. --Rowe.
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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.
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One act like this blots out a thousand crimes.
--Dryden.
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5. To obscure; to eclipse; to shadow.
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He sung how earth blots the moon's gilded wane.
--Cowley.
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6. To dry, as writing, with blotting paper.
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Syn: To obliterate; expunge; erase; efface; cancel; tarnish;
disgrace; blur; sully; smear; smutch.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Blot \Blot\, n. [Cf. Dan. blot bare, naked, Sw. blott, d. bloot,
G. bloss, and perh. E. bloat.]
1. (Backgammon)
(a) An exposure of a single man to be taken up.
(b) A single man left on a point, exposed to be taken up.
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He is too great a master of his art to make a
blot which may be so easily hit. --Dryden.
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2. A weak point; a failing; an exposed point or mark.
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WordNet blot
n 1: a blemish made by dirt; "he had a smudge on his cheek" [syn:
smudge, spot, daub, smear, smirch, slur]
2: an act that brings discredit to the person who does it; "he
made a huge blot on his copybook" [syn: smear, smirch,
spot, stain]
v 1: dry (ink) with blotting paper
2: make a spot or mark onto; "The wine spotted the tablecloth"
[syn: spot, fleck, blob]
[also: blotting, blotted]

Moby Dictionary
absorb , adsorb , air-dry , anhydrate , annihilate , aspersion ,
assimilate , attaint , baboon , badge of infamy , bag , bake ,
bar sinister , baton , bedarken , bend sinister , besmirch , bespatter ,
bespeckle , bespot , bestain , black , black eye , black mark , blacken ,
blackwash , blemish , bloodstain , blot out , blot up , blotch ,
blotting , blotting out , blow upon , blur , brand , broad arrow , brush ,
burn , cancel , cancellation , censure , champain , charcoal , chemisorb ,
chemosorb , conceal , cork , cover up , cross out , cure , dab , darken ,
daub , deface , defame , defect , defile , dehumidify , dehydrate , dele ,
delete , deletion , demolish , denigrate , desiccate , destroy , digest ,
dim , dinge , disapprove , discolor , disfigure , disfigurement ,
disparage , disparagement , dog , drain , drink , drink in , drink up ,
dry , dysphemize , ebonize , eclipse , efface , effacement , engross ,
erase , erasure , err , evaporate , expose , expose to infamy ,
expunction , expunge , exsiccate , eyesore , filter in , fire , flaw ,
fleck , flick , flyspeck , freckle , fright , gargoyle , gibbet , hag ,
hang in effigy , harridan , hide , imbibe , imputation , infiltrate ,
ink , insolate , kiln , look a fright , look a mess , look bad ,
look like hell , look something terrible , macula , maculate ,
maculation , macule , mar , mark , mark of Cain , melanize , mess ,
monster , monstrosity , mummify , murk , nigrify , no beauty ,
obliterate , obliteration , obscure , odium , offend , offend the eye ,
onus , osmose , oversmoke , parch , patch , percolate in , pillory ,
pillorying , point champain , raze , reflection , reprimand , reproach ,
rub , rub out , rule out , scar , scarecrow , scorch , scratch ,
scratch out , scrubbing , sear , seep in , shade , shadow , shrivel ,
sight , sin , slur , slurp up , smear , smirch , smoke , smouch , smudge ,
smut , smutch , soak in , soak up , soil , soilage , soilure , soot , sorb ,
spatter , speck , speckle , splash , splatter , splotch , spoil , sponge ,
sponge out , spot , stain , stigma , stigmatism , stigmatization ,
stigmatize , strike out , sully , sun , sun-dry , swab , swill up , taint ,
take in , take up , tarnish , teratism , torrefy , towel , transgress ,
uglify , ugly duckling , vilify , washing out , weazen , wipe , wipe out ,
wiping out , witch , wither , wizen

Blot a stain or reproach (Job 31:7; Prov. 9:7). To blot out sin is to forgive it (Ps. 51:1, 9; Isa. 44:22; Acts 3:19). Christ's blotting out the handwriting of ordinances was his fulfilling the law in our behalf (Col. 2:14).