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Spot (spŏt), n. [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.
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Out, damned spot! Out, I say!
Shak.
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2. A stain on character or reputation; something that soils purity; disgrace; reproach; fault; blemish.
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Yet Chloe, sure, was formed without a spot.
Pope.
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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.
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4. A small extent of space; a place; any particular place. “Fixed to one spot.” Otway.
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That spot to which I point is Paradise.
Milton.
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“A jolly place,” said he, “in times of old!
But something ails it now: the spot is cursed.”
Wordsworth.
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5. (Zo&ö;l.) A variety of the common domestic pigeon, so called from a spot on its head just above its beak.
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6. (Zo&ö;l.) (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.
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7. pl. Commodities, as merchandise and cotton, sold for immediate delivery. [Broker's Cant]
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Crescent spot (Zo&ö;l.), 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 illumination; -- called also spotted lens. -- Spot rump (Zo&ö;l.), the Hudsonian godwit (Limosa hæmastica). -- 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.
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Syn. -- Stain; flaw; speck; blot; disgrace; reproach; fault; blemish; place; site; locality.
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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 garment; to spot paper.
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2. To mark or note so as to insure recognition; to recognize; to detect; as, to spot a criminal. [Cant]
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3. To stain; to blemish; to taint; to disgrace; to tarnish, as reputation; to asperse.
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My virgin life no spotted thoughts shall stain.
Sir P. Sidney.
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If ever I shall close these eyes but once,
May I live spotted for my perjury.
Beau. & Fl.
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To spot timber, to cut or chip it, in preparation for hewing.
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Spot, v. i. To become stained with spots.
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Spot (spŏt), a. Lit., being on the spot, or place; hence (Com.), on hand for immediate delivery after sale; -- said of commodities; as, spot wheat.
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