Emily Dickinson Lexicon

BLOT, n.

1. A spot or stain on paper, usually applied to ink.
2. An obliteration of something written or printed. – Dryden.
3. A spot in reputation; a stain; a disgrace; a reproach; a blemish. – Shak.
4. Censure; scorn; reproach. He that rebuketh the wicked getteth a blot. – Prov. ix.
5. In backgammon, when a single man lies open to be taken up. – Johnson.