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Webster 1913 Edition

Blotch

Blotch

,
Noun.
[Cf. OE.
blacche
in
blacchepot
blacking pot, akin to
black
, as
bleach
is akin to
bleak
. See
Black
,
Adj.
, or cf.
Blot
a spot.]
1.
A blot or spot, as of color or of ink; especially a large or irregular spot. Also
Fig.
;
as, a moral
blotch
.
Spots and
blotches
. . . some red, others yellow.
Harvey.
2.
(Med.)
A large pustule, or a coarse eruption.
Foul scurf and
blotches
him defile.
Thomson.

Webster 1828 Edition

Blotch

BLOTCH

,
Noun.
A pustule upon the skin; an eruption, usually of a large kind.

BLOTCH

,
Verb.
T.
To blacken.

Definition 2024

blotch

blotch

English

Noun

blotch ‎(plural blotches)

  1. An uneven patch of color or discoloration.
  2. An irregularly shaped spot.

Translations

Verb

blotch ‎(third-person singular simple present blotches, present participle blotching, simple past and past participle blotched)

  1. (transitive) To mark with blotches.

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps a blend of blot +‎ botch.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /blɒtʃ/
  • Rhymes: -ɒtʃ

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