spot
    n 1: a point located with respect to surface features of some
         region; "this is a nice place for a picnic"; "a bright spot
         on a planet" [syn: topographic point, place, spot]
    2: a short section or illustration (as between radio or tv
       programs or in a magazine) that is often used for advertising
    3: an outstanding characteristic; "his acting was one of the
       high points of the movie" [syn: point, spot]
    4: a blemish made by dirt; "he had a smudge on his cheek" [syn:
       smudge, spot, blot, daub, smear, smirch, slur]
    5: a small contrasting part of something; "a bald spot"; "a
       leopard's spots"; "a patch of clouds"; "patches of thin ice";
       "a fleck of red" [syn: spot, speckle, dapple, patch,
       fleck, maculation]
    6: a section of an entertainment that is assigned to a specific
       performer or performance; "they changed his spot on the
       program"
    7: a business establishment for entertainment; "night spot"
    8: a job in an organization; "he occupied a post in the
       treasury" [syn: position, post, berth, office,
       spot, billet, place, situation]
    9: a slight attack of illness; "he has a touch of rheumatism"
       [syn: touch, spot]
    10: a small piece or quantity of something; "a spot of tea"; "a
        bit of paper"; "a bit of lint"; "I gave him a bit of my
        mind" [syn: spot, bit]
    11: a mark on a die or on a playing card (shape depending on the
        suit) [syn: spot, pip]
    12: a lamp that produces a strong beam of light to illuminate a
        restricted area; used to focus attention of a stage
        performer [syn: spotlight, spot]
    13: a playing card with a specified number of pips on it to
        indicate its value; "an eight-spot"
    14: an act that brings discredit to the person who does it; "he
        made a huge blot on his copybook" [syn: blot, smear,
        smirch, spot, stain]
    v 1: catch sight of [syn: descry, spot, espy, spy]
    2: detect with the senses; "The fleeing convicts were picked out
       of the darkness by the watchful prison guards"; "I can't make
       out the faces in this photograph" [syn: spot, recognize,
       recognise, distinguish, discern, pick out, make
       out, tell apart]
    3: mar or impair with a flaw; "her face was blemished" [syn:
       blemish, spot]
    4: make a spot or mark onto; "The wine spotted the tablecloth"
       [syn: spot, fleck, blob, blot]
    5: become spotted; "This dress spots quickly"
    6: mark with a spot or spots so as to allow easy recognition;
       "spot the areas that one should clearly identify"

Spot \Spot\ (sp[o^]t), n. [Cf. Scot. & D. spat, Dan. spette, Sw.
   spott spittle, slaver; from the root of E. spit. See Spit
   to eject from the mouth, and cf. Spatter.]
   1. A mark on a substance or body made by foreign matter; a
      blot; a place discolored.
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            Out, damned spot! Out, I say!         --Shak.
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   2. A stain on character or reputation; something that soils
      purity; disgrace; reproach; fault; blemish.
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            Yet Chloe, sure, was formed without a spot. --Pope.
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   3. A small part of a different color from the main part, or
      from the ground upon which it is; as, the spots of a
      leopard; the spots on a playing card.
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   4. A small extent of space; a place; any particular place.
      "Fixed to one spot." --Otway.
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            That spot to which I point is Paradise. --Milton.
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            "A jolly place," said he, "in times of old!
            But something ails it now: the spot is cursed."
                                                  --Wordsworth.
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   5. (Zool.) A variety of the common domestic pigeon, so called
      from a spot on its head just above its beak.
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   6. (Zool.)
      (a) 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.
      (b) The southern redfish, or red horse, which has a spot
          on each side at the base of the tail. See Redfish.
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   7. pl. Commodities, as merchandise and cotton, sold for
      immediate delivery. [Broker's Cant]
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   Crescent spot (Zool.), any butterfly of the family
      Melitaeidae having crescent-shaped white spots along the
      margins of the red or brown wings.

   Spot lens (Microscopy), a condensing lens in which the
      light is confined to an annular pencil by means of a
      small, round diaphragm (the spot), and used in dark-field
      illumination; -- called also spotted lens.

   Spot rump (Zool.), the Hudsonian godwit (Limosa
      haemastica).

   Spots on the sun. (Astron.) See Sun spot, ander Sun.

   On the spot, or Upon the spot, immediately; before
      moving; without changing place; as, he made his decision
      on the spot.

            It was determined upon the spot.      --Swift.
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   Syn: Stain; flaw; speck; blot; disgrace; reproach; fault;
        blemish; place; site; locality.
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Spot \Spot\, v. i.
   To become stained with spots.
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Spot \Spot\ (sp[o^]t), a.
   Lit., being on the spot, or place; hence (Com.), on hand for
   immediate delivery after sale; -- said of commodities; as,
   spot wheat.
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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 garment; to spot paper.
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   2. To mark or note so as to insure recognition; to recognize;
      to detect; as, to spot a criminal. [Cant]
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   3. To stain; to blemish; to taint; to disgrace; to tarnish,
      as reputation; to asperse.
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            My virgin life no spotted thoughts shall stain.
                                                  --Sir P.
                                                  Sidney.
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            If ever I shall close these eyes but once,
            May I live spotted for my perjury.    --Beau. & Fl.
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   To spot timber, to cut or chip it, in preparation for
      hewing.
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