| blotch | 1. A blot or spot, as of colour or of ink; especially a large or irregular spot. Also Fig.; as, a moral blotch. "Spots and blotches . . . Some red, others yellow." (Harvey) 2. <medicine> A large pustule, or a coarse eruption. "Foul scurf and blotches him defile." (Thomson) Origin: Cf. OE. Blacche in blacchepot blacking pot, akin to black, as bleach is akin to bleak. See Black, or cf. Blot a spot. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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