† beblotv.
/bɪˈblɒt/ Obsolete.
transitive. To blot all over; also figurative.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > soil [verb (transitive)] > stain
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c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde ii. 982 Biblotte it with thy teris.
1575 G. Gascoigne Hundred Flowers in Wks. (1587) 114 A roll of Sable, black and foule beblot.
1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 94 Any wronge, which might beblot the glory of my name.
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