From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
spotted
adj 1: having spots or patches (small areas of contrasting color or
texture); "a field patched with ice and snow"; "a
black-and-white spotted cow" [syn: patched]
2: especially of reputation; "the senator's seriously damaged
reputation"; "a flyblown reputation"; "a tarnished
reputation"; "inherited a spotted name" [syn:
besmirched, damaged, flyblown, stained, sullied,
tainted, tarnished]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
patterned \patterned\ adj.
Having describable patterns, especially patterns of colors.
[Narrower terms: banded, blotched, blotchy, splotched,
brindled, brindle, brinded, tabby, burled, {checked,
checkered}, dappled, mottled, {dotted, flecked, specked,
speckled, stippled}, figured, floral, flowered, laced,
marbled, marbleized, moire, watered, {pinstriped,
pinstripe(prenominal)}, slashed, streaked, spotted,
sprigged, streaked, streaky, striped, stripy,
tessellated, veined, venose] plain, solid
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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 garment; to spot paper.
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2. To mark or note so as to insure recognition; to recognize;
to detect; as, to spot a criminal. [Cant]
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3. To stain; to blemish; to taint; to disgrace; to tarnish,
as reputation; to asperse.
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My virgin life no spotted thoughts shall stain.
--Sir P.
Sidney.
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If ever I shall close these eyes but once,
May I live spotted for my perjury. --Beau. & Fl.
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To spot timber, to cut or chip it, in preparation for
hewing.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Spotted \Spot"ted\, a.
Marked with spots; as, a spotted garment or character. "The
spotted panther." --Spenser.
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Spotted fever (Med.), a name applied to various eruptive
fevers, esp. to typhus fever and cerebro-spinal
meningitis.
Spotted tree (Bot.), an Australian tree ({Flindersia
maculosa}); -- so called because its bark falls off in
spots.
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