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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dotted
adj
  1. having a pattern of dots [syn: dotted, flecked, specked, speckled, stippled]
  2. having gaps or spaces; "sign on the dotted line"
    Synonym(s): dashed, dotted
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dotted \Dot"ted\, a.
      Marked with, or made of, dots or small spots; diversified
      with small, detached objects.
  
      {Dotted note} (Mus.), a note followed by a dot to indicate an
            increase of length equal to one half of its simple value;
            thus, a dotted semibreve is equal to three minims, and a
            dotted quarter to three eighth notes.
  
      {Dotted rest}, a rest lengthened by a dot in the same manner
            as a dotted note.
  
      Note: Notes and rests are sometimes followed by two dots, to
               indicate an increase of length equal to three quarters
               of their simple value, and they are then said to be
               double-dotted.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dot \Dot\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dotted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Dotting}.]
      1. To mark with dots or small spots; as, to dot a line.
  
      2. To mark or diversify with small detached objects; as, a
            landscape dotted with cottages.
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