blot
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Is blot a Scrabble word?
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What is the meaning of blot?
Definition
noun (English)
1. (by extension) A stain on someone's reputation or character; a disgrace.Examples: "Thy ouerflow of good, conuerts to bad, / And thy abundant goodneſſe ſhall excuſe / This deadly blot, in thy digreſſing ſonne."; "He that reproueth a ſcorner, getteth to himſelfe ſhame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man, getteth himſelfe a blot."; "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."broadly
2. (biochemistry) A method of transferring proteins, DNA or RNA, onto a carrier.
3. (backgammon) An exposed piece in backgammon.
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To cause a blot (on something) by spilling a coloured substance.transitive
2. (intransitive) To soak up or absorb liquid.Examples: "This paper blots easily."intransitive
3. (transitive) To dry (writing, etc.) with blotting paper.transitive
4. (transitive) To spot, stain, or bespatter, as with ink.Examples: "The briefe was writte and blotted all with gore,[…]"transitive
5. (transitive) To impair; to damage; to mar; to soil.Examples: "It blots thy beautie, as froſts doe bite the Meads,[…]"transitive
6. (transitive) To stain with infamy; to disgrace.Examples: "Blot not thy Innocence with guiltleſs Blood."transitive
Definition source: Wiktionary