Word Finder - blotting

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To cause a blot (on something) by spilling a coloured substance.

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To soak up or absorb liquid.

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This paper blots easily.

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To dry (writing, etc.) with blotting paper.

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To spot, stain, or bespatter, as with ink.

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To impair; to damage; to mar; to soil.

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To stain with infamy; to disgrace.

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To obliterate, as writing with ink; to cancel; to efface; generally with out.

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to blot out a word or a sentence

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To obscure; to eclipse; to shadow.

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A blot; a stain.

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The process by which something is blotted.

Think of it as the blotting paper for the new age.

It's a good idea to keep a package of blotting papers on hand.

A feature of Lake Albert Edward Nyanza is the thick haze which overhangs the water during the dry season, blotting out from view the mountains.

Scale-mosses are mounted in the same way, or may be floated out in water like sea-weeds, and dried in white blotting paper under strong pressure before gumming on paper, but are best mounted as microscopic slides, care being taken to show the stipules.

It's smart to keep blotting tissues in your purse as well if you have particularly oily skin.

Black Opal has a variety of blotting powders concealers that are developed to fade and eliminate blemishes as well as cover them.

To make your lipstick last longer, dust a little powder on the tissue before blotting.

Continue blotting until the stain area is dry to the touch - Be careful not to scrub.

After blotting up the stain you may have to use a carpet cleaner or clothing stain remover to remove any final impressions of the stain.

Follow the manufacturer's instructions for cleaning, gently blotting (not rubbing) at any stains.

Blotting up a spill soaks up the excess (and if you have Scotch Guard) most of it should be excess and you can get it up without any stain whatsoever.

Once the garment has been pre-cleaned by blotting or scraping, lay the garment on a paper towel or old towel that can be stained without worry, stain side down on the towel.

Once you have moved excess liquid from the area where the spill occurred, you may be able to remove or prevent staining by using the blotting technique.

Start blotting at the outer edge of the stain and work your way toward the center.

Place another dish towel over the area where you have been blotting.

Next, dip another towel in the vinegar mixture and blot, followed by additional blotting with plain warm water.

Blotting the stain is a more effective method.

For example, instead of using dish detergent, try saturating and blotting the area with a mixture of lemon juice and salt.

If you're all too familiar with a shiny t-zone and blotting sheets are your number one beauty product, you might benefit from an oily skin care therapy product.

That means you might love soaking up the oil with those useful blotting sheets, but you're not doing anything to stop the problem for good.

Tuck blotting tissues in your purse or pocket and use them to absorb the oil on your face.

This is interesting as an example of what was known as memoriae damnatio or the blotting out of a name on account of some dishonourable action.

Blotting papers - for those shiny touchups.

Not only a makeup organization, Sheer Cover also provides natural based toners, blotting papers, makeup remover wipes, and their line of skin care.

In the case of narrower lines, however, higher dispersion is required to prevent the light of the continuous spectrum on either side of the dark line from blotting out the monochromatic image.

In Christian theology, much labour has been spent upon vindicating man's freedom against God's intrusion, or upon blotting out human power in order to leave room for the divine.

When the leaves are finely divided, as in Conium, much trouble will be experienced in lifting a half-dried specimen from one paper to another; but the plant may be placed in a sheet of thin blotting paper, and the sheet containing the plant, instead of the plant itself, can then be moved.

An amulet of similar shape, as the symbol of the "name," was worn by men and women as a protection against the blotting out of the name after death.