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.