3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Spotted \Spot"ted\, a.
Marked with spots; as a spotted garment or character. ``The
spotted panther.'' --Spenser.
{Spotted fever} (Med.), a name applied to various eruptive
fevers, esp. to typhus fever and cerebro-spinal
meningitis.
{Spotted tree} (Bot.), an Australian tree ({Flindersia
maculosa}); -- so called because its bark falls off in
spots.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Spot \Spot\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spotted}; p. pr & vb n.
{Spotting}.]
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 garnment; to spot paper.
2. To mark or note so as to insure recognition; to recognize;
to detect; as to spot a criminal. [Cant]
3. To stain; to blemish; to taint; to disgrace; to tarnish,
as reputation; to asperse.
My virgin life no spotted thoughts shall stain.
--Sir P.
Sidney.
If ever I shall close these eyes but once, May I
live spotted for my perjury. --Beau. & Fl
{To spot timber}, to cut or chip it in preparation for
hewing.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
spotted
adj 1: having spots or patches (small areas of contrasting color or
texture); "a field patched with ice and snow"; "a
black-and-white spotted cow" [syn: {patched}]
2: especially of reputation; "the senator's seriously damaged
reputation"; "a flyblown reputation"; "a tarnished
reputation"; "inherited a spotted name" [syn: {besmirched},
{damaged}, {flyblown}, {stained}, {sullied}, {tainted}, {tarnished}]
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