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Blot \Blot\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blotted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Blotting}.] [Cf. Dan. plette. See 3d {Blot}.]
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1. To spot, stain, or bespatter, as with ink.
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The brief was writ and blotted all with gore.
--Gascoigne.
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2. To impair; to damage; to mar; to soil.
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It blots thy beauty, as frosts do bite the meads.
--Shak.
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3. To stain with infamy; to disgrace.
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Blot not thy innocence with guiltless blood. --Rowe.
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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.
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One act like this blots out a thousand crimes.
--Dryden.
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5. To obscure; to eclipse; to shadow.
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He sung how earth blots the moon's gilded wane.
--Cowley.
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6. To dry, as writing, with blotting paper.
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Syn: To obliterate; expunge; erase; efface; cancel; tarnish;
disgrace; blur; sully; smear; smutch.
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