Definition of Blotches

1. Noun. (plural of blotch) ¹

2. Verb. (third-person singular of blotch) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Blotches

1. blotch [v] - See also: blotch

Lexicographical Neighbors of Blotches

blossomest
blossometh
blossomiest
blossoming
blossomings
blossomless
blossoms
blossomy
blot
blot on the escutcheon
blot one's copy book
blot out
blot test
blotch
blotched
blotches (current term)
blotchier
blotchiest
blotchily
blotchiness
blotching
blotchings
blotchy
blote
blotless
blots
blotted
blotted out
blotter
blotters

Literary usage of Blotches

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Medical Times and Gazette (1885)
"in blotches about the size of an eighth of an inch in diameter, the tongue. On stripping the patient, a deep brown staining, coren the back, chest, ..."

2. A Treatise on diseases of the skin by Samuel Lilienthal (1876)
"blotches ON CALVES of legs. Aur. fol. Carbo veg. Lach. Merc. sol. Petr. Phos. ... Nux blotches ON TOES. Sulph. Zinc. met. blotches ON CHIN. Bry. Carbo an. ..."

3. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences by California Academy of Sciences (1920)
"Dorsal blotches more numerous on body (56 to 93, average 70) and tail (14 to ... Dorsal blotches fewer on body (48 to 70, average 57.6) and tail (13 to 19, ..."

4. Ceylon: An Account of the Island Physical, Historical and Topographical by Sir James Emerson Tennent (1859)
"Amongst the native Singhalese, however, a singular preference is evinced for elephants which exhibit those flesh-coloured blotches which occasionally mottle ..."

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