SPOTS
Noun
spots
plural of spot
Verb
spots
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of spot
Anagrams
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Source: Wiktionary
SPOT
Spot, n. Etym: [Cf. Scot. & D. spat, Dan. spette, Sw. spott spittle,
slaver; from the root of E. spit. See Spit to eject from the mouth,
and cf. Spatter.]
1. A mark on a substance or body made by foreign matter; a blot; a
place discolored.
Out, damned spot! Out, I say! Shak.
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 card.
4. 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 spot is cursed." Wordsworth.
5. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A variety of the common domestic pigeon, so called from a spot
on its head just above its beak.
6. (Zoöl.)
(a) A sciænoid 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.
Definition: Commodities, as merchandise and cotton, sold for immediate
delivery. [Broker's Cant] Crescent spot (Zoöl.), any butterfly of the
family Melitæidæ 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 ilumination; -- called also
spotted lens.
– Spot rump (Zoöl.), the Hudsonian godwit (Limosa hæmastica).
– Spots on the sun. (Astron.) See Sun spot, ander Sun.
– On, or Upon, the spot, immediately; before moving; without
changing place.
It was determined upon the spot. Swift.
Syn.
– Stain; flaw; speck; blot; disgrace; reproach; fault; blemish;
place; site; locality.
Spot, v. 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 garnment; 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 spotted for my
perjury. Beau. & Fl.
To spot timber, to cut or chip it, in preparation for hewing.
Spot, v. i.
Definition: To become stained with spots.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition