| Spot |
a. |
Lit., being on the spot, or place; |
| Spot |
a. |
on hand for immediate delivery after sale;
said of commodities; as, spot wheat. |
| Spot |
n. |
A mark on a substance or body made by foreign matter; a blot; a place discolored. |
| Spot |
n. |
A stain on character or reputation; something that soils purity; disgrace; reproach; fault; blemish. |
| Spot |
n. |
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. |
| Spot |
n. |
A small extent of space; a place; any particular place. |
| Spot |
n. |
A variety of the common domestic pigeon, so called from a spot on its head just above its beak. |
| Spot |
n. |
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. |
| Spot |
n. |
The southern redfish, or red horse, which has a spot on each side at the base of the tail. See Redfish. |
| Spot |
n. |
Commodities, as merchandise and cotton, sold for immediate delivery. |
| Spot |
v. t. |
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 garnment; to spot paper. |
| Spot |
v. t. |
To mark or note so as to insure recognition; to recognize; to detect; as, to spot a criminal. |
| Spot |
v. t. |
To stain; to blemish; to taint; to disgrace; to tarnish, as reputation; to asperse. |
| Spot |
v. i. |
To become stained with spots. |
| Spot cash |
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Cash paid or ready for payment at once upon delivery of property purchased. |
| Spot stroke |
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The pocketing of the red ball in a top corner pocket from off its own spot so as to leave the cue ball in position for an easy winning hazard in either top corner pocket. |
| Spotless |
a. |
Without a spot; especially, free from reproach or impurity; pure; untainted; innocent; as, a spotless mind; spotless behavior. |
| Spotlight |
n. |
The projected spot or circle of light used to illuminate brilliantly a single person or object or group on the stage; leaving the rest of the stage more or less unilluminated; hence, conspicuous public notice. |
| Spotted |
imp. & p. p. |
of Spot |
| Spotted |
a. |
Marked with spots; as, a spotted garment or character. |
| Spottedness |
n. |
State or quality of being spotted. |
| Spotter |
n. |
One who spots. |
| Spottiness |
n. |
The state or quality of being spotty. |
| Spotting |
p. pr. & vb. n. |
of Spot |
| Spotty |
a. |
Full of spots; marked with spots. |
