Definition of spot

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Spot (n.) A variety of the common domestic pigeon, so called from a spot on its head just above its beak..

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Spot :: Spot (v. t.) 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 garnment; to spot paper..
Morpho :: Morpho (n.) Any one of numerous species of large, handsome, tropical American butterflies, of the genus Morpho. They are noted for the very brilliant metallic luster and bright colors (often blue) of the upper surface of the wings. The lower surface is usually brown or gray, with eyelike spots..
Tip-up :: Tip-up (n.) The spotted sandpiper; -- called also teeter-tail. See under Sandpiper.
Spottiness :: Spotter (n.) One who spots.
Io Moth :: Io moth () A large and handsome American moth (Hyperchiria Io), having a large, bright-colored spot on each hind wing, resembling the spots on the tail of a peacock. The larva is covered with prickly hairs, which sting like nettles..
Blaze :: Blaze (n.) A white spot on the forehead of a horse.
Variolitic :: Variolitic (a.) Thickly marked with small, round specks; spotted..
God :: God (n.) Figuratively applied to one who wields great or despotic power.
Typhus :: Typhus (n.) A contagious continued fever lasting from two to three weeks, attended with great prostration and cerebral disorder, and marked by a copious eruption of red spots upon the body. Also called jail fever, famine fever, putrid fever, spottled fever, etc. See Jail fever, under Jail..
Tapper :: Tapper (n.) The lesser spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopus minor); -- called also tapperer, tabberer, little wood pie, barred woodpecker, wood tapper, hickwall, and pump borer..
Squally :: Squally (a.) Interrupted by unproductive spots; -- said of a flied of turnips or grain.
Doublet :: Doublet (a.) Two dice, each of which, when thrown, has the same number of spots on the face lying uppermost; as, to throw doublets..
Spot :: Spot (n.) A sciaenoid 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..
Fumarole :: Fumarole (n.) A hole or spot in a volcanic or other region, from which fumes issue..
Blaze :: Blaze (n.) A spot made on trees by chipping off a piece of the bark, usually as a surveyor's mark..
Viceroy :: Viceroy (prep.) A large and handsome American butterfly (Basilarchia, / Limenitis, archippus). Its wings are orange-red, with black lines along the nervures and a row of white spots along the outer margins. The larvae feed on willow, poplar, and apple trees..
Sully :: Sully (v. t.) To soil; to dirty; to spot; to tarnish; to stain; to darken; -- used literally and figuratively; as, to sully a sword; to sully a person's reputation..
Letterwood :: Letterwood (n.) The beautiful and highly elastic wood of a tree of the genus Brosimum (B. Aubletii), found in Guiana; -- so called from black spots in it which bear some resemblance to hieroglyphics; also called snakewood, and leopardwood. It is much used for bows and for walking sticks..
Blot :: Blot (v. t.) To spot, stain, or bespatter, as with ink..
Fleck :: Fleck (n.) A spot; a streak; a speckle.
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