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spotted skunkspotted squeateague
spotted sunfish
Spotted tortoise
Spotted tree
spotted turbot
spotted turtle
spotted water hemlock
spotted weakfish
Spotted wintergreen
Spottedness
Spotter
spottily
Spottiness
spotting line
spottled fever
Spotty
spotweld
Spousage
Spousal
spousal equivalent
spousal relationship
spousals
Spouse
spouse equivalent
Spouse-breach
Spoused
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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
SPOTTING, ppr. Marking with spots; staining.
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)
n
1: the act of spotting or staining something [syn: staining, spotting, maculation]
2: the act of detecting something; catching sight of something [syn: detection, catching, espial, spying, spotting]
U.S. Military Dictionary
Parking aircraft in an approved shipboard landing site. (JP 3-04)
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
Spot Spot, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spotted; p. pr. & vb. n. Spotting.] 1. 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. 2. To mark or note so as to insure recognition; to recognize; to detect; as, to spot a criminal. [Cant] 3. To stain; to blemish; to taint; to disgrace; to tarnish, as reputation; to asperse. My virgin life no spotted thoughts shall stain. --Sir P. Sidney. If ever I shall close these eyes but once, May I live spotted for my perjury. --Beau. & Fl. To spot timber, to cut or chip it, in preparation for hewing.
