Category:Blotch

Blotch, n. Etym: [Cf. OE. blacche in blacchepot blacking pot, akin to black, as bleach is akin to bleak. See Black, a., or cf. Blot a spot.]

1. A blot or spot, as of color or of ink; especially a large or irregular spot. Also Fig.; as, a moral blotch. Spots and blotches. . . some red, others yellow. Harvey.

2. (Med.)

Defn: A large pustule, or a coarse eruption. Foul scurf and blotches him defile. Thomson.