Hypertext Webster Gateway: "blotch"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Blotch \Blotch\, n. [Cf. OE. blacche in blacchepot blacking pot,
akin to black, as bleach is akin to bleak. See {Black}, a.,
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
blotch
n : an irregularly shaped spot [syn: {splodge}, {splotch}]
v : mark with spots or blotches of different color or shades of
color as if stained [syn: {mottle}, {streak}]
Additional Hypertext Webster Gateway Lookup
Gateway by dict@stokkie.net
stock only wrote the gateway and does not have any control over the contents;
see the Webster Gateway FAQ,
and also the Back-end/database links and credits.