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blot

1   [blot] noun, verb, blot·ted, blot·ting.
noun
1.
a spot or stain, especially 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 followed 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.

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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; (noun) Middle English blotte, akin to Old Norse blettr blot, spot, stain; (v.) late Middle English blotten, derivative of the noun

Related forms
blot·less, adjective
blot·ting·ly, adverb
blot·ty, adjective
un·blot·ted, 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

2   [blot]
noun
1.
Backgammon. an exposed piece liable to be taken or forfeited.
2.
Archaic. an exposed or weak point, as in an argument or course of action.
Origin:
1590–1600; < Low German blat, akin to bloot bare, exposed, unprotected; cognate with Dutch bloot, German bloss bare
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blot1 (blɒt)
 
—n
1.  a stain or spot of ink, paint, dirt, etc
2.  something that spoils or detracts from the beauty or worth of something
3.  a blemish or stain on one's character or reputation
 
—vb (often foll by out) , blots, blotting, blotted
4.  (of ink, dye, etc) to form spots or blobs on (a material) or (of a person) to cause such spots or blobs to form on (a material)
5.  informal blot one's copybook to spoil one's reputation by making a mistake, offending against social customs, etc
6.  (intr) to stain or become stained or spotted
7.  (tr) to cause a blemish in or on; disgrace
8.  to soak up (excess ink, etc) by using blotting paper or some other absorbent material
9.  (of blotting paper or some other absorbent material) to absorb (excess ink, etc)
10.  a.  to darken or hide completely; obscure; obliterate
 b.  to destroy; annihilate
 
[C14: probably of Germanic origin; compare Middle Dutch bluysterblister]

blot2 (blɒt)
 
—n
1.  backgammon a man exposed by being placed alone on a point and therefore able to be taken by the other player
2.  archaic a weak spot
 
[C16: perhaps from Middle Dutch bloot poor]

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Word Origin & History

blot
late 14c., originally "blemish," perhaps from O.N. blettr "blot, stain," or from O.Fr. blot, variant of bloc "block," or blestre "blister, lump, clump of earth." The verb is first attested mid-15c.
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Medical Dictionary

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

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Bible Dictionary

Blot definition


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).

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