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Webster 1913 Edition
Spot
Spot
(spŏt)
, Noun.
1.
A mark on a substance or body made by foreign matter; a blot; a place discolored.
Out, damned
spot
! Out, I say! Shakespeare
2.
A stain on character or reputation; something that soils purity; disgrace; reproach; fault; blemish.
Yet Chloe, sure, was formed without a
spot
. Pope.
3.
A small part of a different color from the main part, or from the ground upon which it is;
as, the
. spots
of a leopard; the spots
on a playing card4.
A small extent of space; a place; any particular place.
“Fixed to one spot.” Otway.
That
spot
to which I point is Paradise. Milton.
“A jolly place,” said he, “in times of old!
But something ails it now: the
But something ails it now: the
spot
is cursed.” Wordsworth.
5.
(Zool.)
A variety of the common domestic pigeon, so called from a spot on its head just above its beak.
6.
(Zool.)
(a)
A sciaenoid food fish (
Liostomus xanthurus
) of the Atlantic coast of the United States. It has a black spot behind the shoulders and fifteen oblique dark bars on the sides. Called also goody
, Lafayette
, masooka
, and old wife
. (b)
The southern redfish, or red horse, which has a spot on each side at the base of the tail. See
Redfish
. 7.
pl.
Commodities, as merchandise and cotton, sold for immediate delivery.
[Broker’s Cant]
Crescent spot
(Zool.)
, any butterfly of the family
– Melitaeidae
having crescent-shaped white spots along the margins of the red or brown wings. Spot lens
(Microscopy)
, a condensing lens in which the light is confined to an annular pencil by means of a small, round diaphragm (the spot), and used in dark-field illumination; – called also
– spotted lens
. Spot rump
(Zool.)
, the Hudsonian godwit (
– Limosa haemastica
). Spots on the sun
. (Astron.)
See
– Sun spot
, ander Sun
. On the spot
, or Upon the spot
immediately; before moving; without changing place;
as, he made his decision
.on the spot
It was determined
upon the spot
. Swift.
Syn. – Stain; flaw; speck; blot; disgrace; reproach; fault; blemish; place; site; locality.
Spot
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Spotted
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Spotting
.] 1.
To make visible marks upon with some foreign matter; to discolor in or with spots; to stain; to cover with spots or figures;
as, to
spot
a garment; to spot
paper.2.
To mark or note so as to insure recognition; to recognize; to detect;
as, to
. spot
a criminal[Cant]
3.
To stain; to blemish; to taint; to disgrace; to tarnish, as reputation; to asperse.
My virgin life no
spotted
thoughts shall stain. Sir P. Sidney.
If ever I shall close these eyes but once,
May I live
May I live
spotted
for my perjury. Beau. & Fl.
To spot timber
, to cut or chip it, in preparation for hewing.
Spot
,Verb.
I.
To become stained with spots.
Webster 1828 Edition
Spot
SPOT
,Noun.
1.
A mark on a substance made by foreign matter; a speck; a blot; a place discolored. The least spot is visible on white paper.2.
A stain on character or reputation; something that soils purity; disgrace; reproach; fault; blemish.Yet Chloe sure was formd without a spot.
See 1 Peter 1:17, Ephesians 5:27.
3.
A small extent of space; a place; any particular place.The spot to which I point is paradise.
Fixd to one spot.
So we say, a spot of ground, a spot of grass or flowers; meaning a place of small extent.
4.
A place of a different color from the ground; as the spots of a leopard.5.
A variety of the common domestic pigeon, so called from a spot on its head just above its beak.6.
A dark place on the disk or face of the sun or of a planet.7.
A lucid place in the heavens.Upon the spot, immediately; before moving; without changing place. [So the French say, sur le champ.]
It was determined upon the spot.
SPOT
,Verb.
T.
1.
To make a visible mark with some foreign matter; to discolor; to stain; as, to spot a garment; to spot paper.2.
To patch by way of ornament.3.
To stain; to blemish; to taint; to disgrace; to tarnish; as reputation.My virgin life no spotted thoughts shall stain.
To stop timber, is to cut or chip it, in preparation for hewing.