Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Blemishes"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Blemish \Blem"ish\, n.; pl. {Blemishes}.
Any mark of deformity or injury, whether physical or moral;
anything that diminishes beauty, or renders imperfect that
which is otherwise well formed; that which impairs
reputation.

He shall take two he lambs without blemish, and one ewe
lamb of the first year without blemish. --Lev. xiv.
10.

The reliefs of an envious man are those little
blemishes and imperfections that discover themselves in
an illustrious character. --Spectator.

Syn: Spot; speck; flaw; deformity; stain; defect; fault;
taint; reproach; dishonor; imputation; disgrace.

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