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SPOT, n. We see this word is of the family of spatter, and that the radical sense is to throw or thrust. A spot is made by spattering or sprinkling.
1. A mark on a substance made by foreign matter a speck a blot a place discolored. The least spot is visible on white paper.
2. A stain on character or reputation something that soils purity disgrace reproach fault blemish.
Yet Chloe sure was formd without a spot.
See 1 Peter 1:17 , Ephesians 5:27 .
3. A small extent of space a place any particular place.
The spot to which I point is paradise.
Fixd to one spot.
So we say, a spot of ground, a spot of grass or flowers meaning a place of small extent.
4. A place of a different color from the ground as the spots of a leopard.
5. A variety of the common domestic pigeon, so called from a spot on its head just above its beak.
6. A dark place on the disk or face of the sun or of a planet.
7. A lucid place in the heavens.
Upon the spot, immediately before moving without changing place. So the French say, sur le champ.
It was determined upon the spot.
SPOT,
1. To make a visible mark with some foreign matter to discolor to stain as, to spot a garment to spot paper.
2. To patch by way of ornament.
3. To stain to blemish to taint to disgrace to tarnish as reputation.
My virgin life no spotted thoughts shall stain.
To stop timber, is to cut or chip it, in preparation for hewing.
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Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
Bibliography Information
Entry for 'Spot'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/s/spot.html.
Entry for 'Spot'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/s/spot.html.
