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Spot, subst. 1) a speck, a blot, a mark: Ado V, 3, 27. Mids. II, 1, 11. Caes. I, 2, 183. IV, 1, 6. Mcb. V, 1, 35. Mcb. V, 1, 35
2) a small extent of space: “you cannot see a white s. about her,” Wiv. IV, 5, 116.
3) a stain, a disgrace: Lucr. 685. Lucr. 685 All's V, 3, 206. John V, 2, 30. V, 7, 107. H6A III, 3, 57. Hml. III, 4, 90. Ant. IV, 12, 35.
Quibbling: “there shall not be one s. of love in't,” As III, 2, 444. “not painted with the crimson --s of blood,” John IV, 2, 253. “lions make leopards tame. Yea, but not change his --s,” R2 I, 1, 175 (cf. Jeremiah XIII, 23). “wert thou a leopard, the --s of thy kindred were jurors on thy life,” Tim. IV, 3, 344. “his faults in him seem as the --s of heaven, more fiery by night's blackness,” Ant. I, 4, 12.
4) a figure in needle-work (?): “what are you sewing here? a fine s.” Cor. I, 3, 56*(cf. spotted in Oth. III, 3, 435).
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