blotting

English

Verb

blotting

1. present participle and gerund of blot

Noun

blotting (plural blottings)

1. A blot; a stain.
   • 1819, William Wastle, The Mad Banker of Amsterdam:

     the mean blottings of an hireling pen

2. The process by which something is blotted.
   • 1963, Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine:

     The per cent water was calculated to be 80.7 after 10 blottings […]

Derived terms

• blotting pad

 

Anagrams

• bottling