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blotch
[ bloch ]
noun
- a large, irregular spot or blot.
- Plant Pathology.
- a diseased, discolored spot or area on a plant.
- a disease so characterized, usually accompanied by cankers and lesions.
- a skin eruption; blemish.
verb (used with object)
- to mark with blotches; blot, spot, or blur:
The floor of the forest was blotched with cool, dark moss.
adjective
- Textiles. of or relating to blotch printing, or to the colored ground produced by this process.
blotch
/ blɒtʃ /
noun
- an irregular spot or discoloration, esp a dark and relatively large one such as an ink stain
verb
- to become or cause to become marked by such discoloration
- intr (of a pen or ink) to write or flow unevenly in blotches
blotch
/ blŏch /
- Any of several plant diseases caused by fungi and resulting in brown or black dead areas on leaves or fruit.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of blotch1
C17: probably from botch , influenced by blot 1
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Example Sentences
One variety for cutting, known as "cinnamon blotch," is a leaf of good body and is considered an excellent tobacco for chewing.
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There was indeed a blotch on one of the negatives, which I was assured was a spirit.
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It came out a scraggy blotch of white paint, with its black eyes glaring like two great glass beads!
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Looking round he saw the pale blotch of her face down in the darkness under the hanging tree.
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The furnaces flared in a red blotch over Bulwell; the black clouds were like a low ceiling.
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