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