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blot

1  [blot] noun, verb, blot⋅ted, blot⋅ting.
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–noun
1. a spot or stain, esp. of ink on paper.
2. a blemish on a person's character or reputation: He had been haunted by a blot on his past.
3. Archaic. an erasure or obliteration, as in a writing.
–verb (used with object)
4. to spot, stain, soil, or the like.
5. to darken; make dim; obscure or eclipse (usually fol. by out): We watched as the moon blotted out the sun.
6. to dry with absorbent paper or the like: to blot the wet pane.
7. to remove with absorbent paper or the like.
–verb (used without object)
8. to make a blot; spread ink, dye, etc., in a stain: The more slowly I write, the more this pen blots.
9. to become blotted or stained: This paper blots too easily.
10. Chemistry. to transfer an array of separated components of a mixture to a chemically treated paper for analysis. Compare gel, gel electrophoresis.
—Verb phrase
11. blot out,
a. to make indistinguishable; obliterate: to blot out a name from the record.
b. to wipe out completely; destroy: Whole cities were blotted out by bombs.
Origin:
1275–1325; (n.) ME blotte, akin to ON blettr blot, spot, stain; (v.) late ME blotten, deriv. of the n.

Related forms:
blotless, adjective
blot⋅ting⋅ly, adverb
blotty, adjective

Synonyms:
1. blotch, ink stain. 2. stain, taint, dishonor, disgrace, spot. 4. sully, disfigure. 5. obliterate, efface, erase, expunge. 7. absorb.
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blot 1   (blŏt)   
n.  

  1. A spot or a stain caused by a discoloring substance: a blot of paint.

  2. A stain on one's character or reputation; a disgrace. See Synonyms at stain.

  3. The Northern, Southern, or Western blot analyses.

v.   blot·ted, blot·ting, blots

v.   tr.

  1. To spot or stain, as with a discoloring substance.

  2. To bring moral disgrace to.

  3. To obliterate (writing, for example).

  4. To make obscure; hide: clouds blotting out the moon.

  5. To destroy utterly; annihilate: War blotted out their traditional way of life.

  6. To soak up or dry with absorbent material.

v.   intr.

  1. To spill or spread in a spot or stain.

  2. To become blotted, soaked up, or absorbed.


[Middle English.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

blot 
1373, originally "blemish," perhaps from O.N. blettr "blot, stain," or from O.Fr. bloche "clod of earth." The verb is first attested 1440. Blotter "police arrest record," first recorded 1887, Amer.Eng., from earlier meaning "day book" (1678). Blotto "drunk" attested from c.1905.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: blot
Pronunciation: 'blät
Function: noun
: a nitrocellulose sheet that contains spots of immobilized macromolecules (as of DNA, RNA, orprotein) or their fragments and that is used to identify specific components of the spots by applying a suitable molecular probe (as a complementary nucleic acid or a radiolabeled antibody) —seeNORTHERN BLOT, SOUTHERN BLOT, WESTERN BLOT —blot transitive verb
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

blot (blŏt)
n.
The Northern, Southern, or Western blot analyses.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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