Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - blot
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n. & v. --n. 1 a spot or stain of ink etc. 2 a moral defect in an otherwise good character; a disgraceful act or quality. 3 any disfigurement or blemish. --v. (blotted, blotting) 1 a tr. spot or stain with ink; smudge. b intr. (of a pen, ink, etc.) make blots. 2 tr. a use blotting-paper or other absorbent material to absorb excess ink. b (of blotting-paper etc.) soak up (esp. ink). 3 tr. disgrace (blotted his reputation). Phrases and idioms blot one's copybook damage one's reputation. blot on the escutcheon a disgrace to the family name. blot out 1 a obliterate (writing). b obscure (a view, sound, etc.). 2 obliterate (from the memory) as too painful. 3 destroy. blotting-paper unglazed absorbent paper used for soaking up excess ink. Etymology: ME prob. f. Scand.: cf. Icel. blettr spot, stain
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English Date: 14th century a soiling or disfiguring mark ; spot, a mark of reproach ; moral flaw, a usually nitrocellulose or nylon sheet that contains spots of immobilized macromolecules (as of DNA, RNA, or protein) or their fragments and is used to identify specific components of the spots by applying a molecular probe (as a complementary nucleic acid or a radio labeled antibody), II. verb (~ted; ~ting) Date: 15th century transitive verb to spot, stain, or spatter with a discoloring substance, mar, 3. to dry (as writing) with an absorbing agent, to remove with absorbing material , intransitive verb to make a ~, to become marked with a ~, III. noun Etymology: perhaps from Dutch bloot naked, exposed, from Middle Dutch; akin to Middle High German bloz bare Date: 1595 a lone backgammon man exposed to capture, a weak or exposed point ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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