Spot
Definition of Spot
Pronunciation: spǒt | n. | 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. | | 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. | | 5. | (Zool.) A variety of the common domestic pigeon, so called from a spot on its head just above its beak. | | 6. | (Zool.) 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. | | 7. | Commodities, as merchandise and cotton, sold for immediate delivery. | | v. t. | 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. | | 2. | To mark or note so as to insure recognition; to recognize; to detect; as, to spot a criminal. | | 3. | To stain; to blemish; to taint; to disgrace; to tarnish, as reputation; to asperse. | | v. i. | 1. | To become stained with spots. | | a. | 1. | (Com.) Lit., being on the spot, or place; |
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