A fault, vice, sin; blame; (also) a physical blemish, a defect.

figurative. A moral spot or blemish; a fault or vice; a bad quality or habit; in quots. 1340 –70, 1541, a physical blemish. Obsolete.

A physical defect or blemish; a flaw or imperfection in appearance, construction, or constitution. Cf. fault, n. 3b. Now rare.

A physical defect or blemish; a deformity; a taint, imperfection, or weakness in some part of the system.

A defect, failing, or fault; a shortcoming. Also: a physical blemish. Obsolete.

Something that disfigures (by its presence or addition); a deformity, defacement, blemish.