| • | To spot, stain, or bespatter, as with ink. |
| • | To impair; to damage; to mar; to soil. |
| • | To stain with infamy; to disgrace. |
| • | 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. |
| • | To obscure; to eclipse; to shadow. |
| • | To dry, as writing, with blotting paper. |
| • | To take a blot; as, this paper blots easily. |
| • | A spot or stain, as of ink on paper; a blur. |
| • | An obliteration of something written or printed; an erasure. |
| • | A spot on reputation; a stain; a disgrace; a reproach; a blemish. |
| • | An exposure of a single man to be taken up. |
| • | A single man left on a point, exposed to be taken up. |
| • | A weak point; a failing; an exposed point or mark. |
