Definition of "blot"

blot

/blɒt/

noun
plural blots
1. A blemish, spot or stain made by a coloured substance.
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  England bound in with the triumphant ſea, / Whoſe rocky ſhore beates backe the enuious ſiedge / Of watery Neptune, is now bound in with ſhame, / With Inky blottes, and rotten Parchment bonds.
  1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The life and death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act II, scene i], page 28, column 2
  I withdrew my subscription by help of a blot, / And so might discover or gain by the plot:
  1711, Jonathan Swift, An Excellent New Song
  Her utmost powers of expression (which were certainly not great in ink) were exhausted in the attempt to write what she felt on the subject of my journey. Four sides of incoherent and interjectional beginnings of sentences, that had no end, except blots, were inadequate to afford her any relief. But the blots were more expressive to me than the best composition; for they showed me that Peggotty had been crying all over the paper, and what could I have desired more?
  1849 May – 1850 November, Charles Dickens, “Chapter XVII. Somebody Turns Up.”, in The Personal History of David Copperfield, London: Bradbury & Evans, […], published 1850, page 176
  […] He was blind; he could not see the starsGlinting among the wraiths of wandering cloud;Queer blots of colour, purple, scarlet, green,Flickered and faded in his drowning eyes.
  1918, Siegfried Sassoon, “The Death-Bed”, in The Old Huntsman and Other Poems‎, London: Heinemann, page 95
2. (by extension) A stain on someone's reputation or character; a disgrace.
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  Thy ouerflow of good, conuerts to bad, / And thy abundant goodneſſe ſhall excuſe / This deadly blot, in thy digreſſing ſonne.
  1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The life and death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act V, scene iii], page 43, column 1
  He that reproueth a ſcorner, getteth to himſelfe ſhame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man, getteth himſelfe a blot.
  1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], Proverbs 9:7, column 2
  Thus man devotes his brother, and deſtroys; / And worſe than all, and moſt to be deplored / As human nature’s broadeſt, fouleſt blot, / Chains him, and taſks him, and exacts his ſweat / With ſtripes, that mercy with a bleeding heart / Weeps when ſhe ſees inflicted on a beaſt.
  1785, William Cowper, “Book II. The Time-piece.”, in The Task, a Poem, […], London: […] J[oseph] Johnson; […], page 46
  The only blot on this service is that of its Kentish Town connections, which throughout the day in many cases just miss the St. Pancras-Luton stopping trains.
  1960 February, “The dieselised St. Pancras suburban service”, in Trains Illustrated, page 95
3. (biochemistry) A method of transferring proteins, DNA or RNA, onto a carrier.
4. (backgammon) An exposed piece in backgammon.
verb
third-person singular simple present blots, present participle blotting, simple past and past participle blotted
1. (transitive) to cause a blot (on something) by spilling a coloured substance.
2. (intransitive) to soak up or absorb liquid.
3. (transitive) To dry (writing, etc.) with blotting paper.
4. (transitive) To spot, stain, or bespatter, as with ink.
  Quotations
  The briefe was writte and blotted all with gore, […]
  1566, George Gascoigne, Dan Bartholmew of Bath
5. (transitive) To impair; to damage; to mar; to soil.
  Quotations
  It blots thy beautie, as froſts doe bite the Meads, […]
  c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act V, scene ii], page 229, column 1
6. (transitive) To stain with infamy; to disgrace.
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  Blot not thy Innocence with guiltleſs Blood.
  1707, Nicholas Rowe, The Royal Convert
7. (transitive) To obliterate, as writing with ink; to cancel; to efface; generally with out.
  Quotations
  One act like this blots out a thouſand Crimes.
  1681, John Dryden, The Spanish Fryar: Or, the Double Discovery. […], London: […] Richard Tonson and Jacob Tonson, […], Act V, page 82
8. (transitive) To obscure; to eclipse; to shadow.
  Quotations
  He ſung how Earth blots the Moons gilded Wane, […]
  1656, Abraham Cowley, Davideis
9. (transitive, MLE) To sell illegal drugs, to deal, to push.
  Quotations
  I'm walking down the street, past the coppers on the beat. Past the shotters blottin' weed, clear for everyone to see.
  2006 June 26, “Where Ya From?” (track 10), in Who Needs Actions When You Got Words‎, performed by Plan B (musician)
  What kind of things that you have. When I find out don't expect me to stop. I'll come for the P's that you stack. And come for the food that you blot.
  2009 March 17, “Next Hype” (track 3), in All-Star Pars‎, performed by Tempa T
  Porchy: Blottin' dope on the block, going on these shows.
  2014 August 18, “Earth Burns”‎performed by Porchy,Oxxxymiron
10. (backgammon, transitive) To hit a blot.

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