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English Dictionary: blotch by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
blotch
n
  1. an irregularly shaped spot [syn: blotch, splodge, splotch]
v
  1. mark with spots or blotches of different color or shades of color as if stained
    Synonym(s): mottle, streak, 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.
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