Thesaurus: blot

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1. v. t. To spot, stain, or bespatter, as with ink.
2. v. t. To impair; to damage; to mar; to soil.
3. v. t. To stain with infamy; to disgrace.
4. v. t. To word/obliterate">obliterate, as word/writing">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.
5. v. t. To obscure; to eclipse; to shadow.
6. v. t. To dry, as writing, with blotting paper.
7. v. i. To take a blot; as, this paper blots easily.
8. n. A spot or stain, as of ink on paper; a blur.
9. n. An obliteration of something written or printed; an erasure.
10. n. A spot on reputation; a stain; a disgrace; a reproach; a blemish.
11. n. An exposure of a single man to be taken up.
12. n. A single man left on a point, exposed to be taken up.
13. n. A weak point; a failing; an exposed point or mark.