blot
blot is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 11 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.To impair; to damage; to mar; to soil. It blots thy beauty, as frosts do bite the meads. Shak.
- 2.To stain with infamy; to disgrace. Blot not thy innocence with guiltless blood. Rowe.
- 3.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.
- 4.To obscure; to eclipse; to shadow. He sung how earth blots the moon's gilded wane. Cowley.
- 5.To dry, as writing, with blotting paper.
- 6.To take a blot; as, this paper blots easily.
- 7.A spot or stain, as of ink on paper; a blur. "Inky blots and rotten parchment bonds." Shak.
- 8.An obliteration of something written or printed; an erasure. Dryden.
- 9.A spot on reputation; a stain; a disgrace; a reproach; a blemish. This deadly blot in thy digressing son. Shak.
- 10.(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.
- 11.A weak point; a failing; an exposed point or mark.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Synonyms (Webster's 1913)
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- atramentous
- birthmark
- black
- blackamoor
- blacken
- blackness
- blain
- blemish
- blobber
- blobber-lipped
- bloodshot
- blotch
- blubber
- blur
- buck
- charcoal
- chiaroscuro
- coal
- coal-black
- color
- coon
- crow
- dark
- darken
- darkness
- defect
- deformity
- denigrate
- derogatory
- deterioration
- dingy
- dirt
- discolored
- disfigure
- disfigurement
- dusky
- dye
- ebon
- ebony
- excrescence
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is blot.
- What is to impair; to damage; to mar; to soil. It blots thy beauty, as frosts do bite the meads. Shak called?
- What is to stain with infamy; to disgrace. Blot not thy innocence with guiltless blood. Rowe called?
- What is to obscure; to eclipse; to shadow. He sung how earth blots the moon's gilded wane. Cowley called?
- What is to dry, as writing, with blotting paper called?
- What is to take a blot; as, this paper blots easily called?
- What is a spot or stain, as of ink on paper; a blur. "Inky blots and rotten parchment bonds." Shak called?
- What is an obliteration of something written or printed; an erasure. Dryden called?
- What is a spot on reputation; a stain; a disgrace; a reproach; a blemish. This deadly blot in thy digressing son. Shak called?
- What is a weak point; a failing; an exposed point or mark called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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