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spotted |
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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