blotting

B3L1O1T1T1I1N1G2

noun

A blot; a stain.

Less commonScrabble 11

Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of blot
nounblotting (plural blottings)

plural blottings

  1. A blot; a stain.

    the mean blottings of an hireling pen

    1819, William Wastle, The Mad Banker of Amsterdam
  2. The process by which something is blotted.

    The per cent water was calculated to be 80.7 after 10 blottings[…]

    1963, Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine

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