Blot \Blot\, v. i. To take a blot; as, this paper blots easily.
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.
2. An obliteration of something written or printed; an erasure. --Dryden.
3. A spot on reputation; a stain; a disgrace; a reproach; a blemish.
This deadly blot in thy digressing son. --Shak.
Blot \Blot\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blotted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Blotting}.] [Cf. Dan. plette. See 3d {Blot}.] 1. To spot, stain, or bespatter, as with ink.
The brief was writ and blotted all with gore. --Gascoigne.
2. To impair; to damage; to mar; to soil.
It blots thy beauty, as frosts do bite the meads. --Shak.
3. To stain with infamy; to disgrace.
Blot not thy innocence with guiltless blood. --Rowe.
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.
One act like this blots out a thousand crimes. --Dryden.
5. To obscure; to eclipse; to shadow.
He sung how earth blots the moon's gilded wane. --Cowley.
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.
He is too great a master of his art to make a blot which may be so easily hit. --Dryden.
2. A weak point; a failing; an exposed point or mark.
"Unbeknownst to us, a blot crept into the operations of our company," said Setsuya Tabuchi at a packed news conference at the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
Greek Prime Minister Constantine Mitsotakis said Friday that Turkish military forces on the island of Cyprus are "a blot on the reputation" of NATO and urged President George Bush to press Turkey to get out.
If this also turns out to be positive on a Western blot, the recruit is considered to be infected with the AIDS virus.
"The continued existence of apartheid in South Africa is a blot on the conscience of mankind," former President Jimmy Carter said. The award is presented by the Carter-Menil Foundation, named for Carter and Houston philanthropist Dominique de Menil.
A new Soviet navigation system is threatening to blot out study of the hydroxyl radical, a key part of the chemistry of water and of some organic chemicals.
Their mission is to save Walden Pond from developers, to keep it free from the blot of civilization.
"These states are essentially the couch potatoes of economic innovation," Ross said. "It seems they are simply waiting for the next economic boom to blot out the current bust.
Stanford University professor Clayborne Carson said Friday the apparent 1950s graduate school plagiarism was a small blot on the record of a great man.
Steam the celeriac for 10 minutes or so until tender, and blot dry. Peel and dice the apples and saute them for 5 minutes or so in a little of the butter.
The company said false positive readings might range as high as 5 percent on certain inferior versions of the Western blot assay, commonly used for further testing.
Aside from this construction blot, Shanks has performed commendably during a tough recession.
Look at the blot and you see Germany's ugly Nazi history or unique cultural riches; its Turkish slums or sidewalk cafes; right-wing youth gangs or tolerance for alternative life styles, including Germany's largest gay community.
After the owner of the company signed the checks, the thief would blot out the fictitious vendor's name, substitute his own and deposit them into his own account via night deposit.
This was the only blot on the evening (and, in truth, only a minor one).
For Goldman Sachs, the prestigious investment bank that put its reputation on the line with its vigorous defense of Mr. Freeman, the arbitrager's decision to plead guilty is more than an embarrassment and a blot on its reputation for integrity.