Definition of Spot

Spot

Lit., being on the spot, or place;

on hand for immediate delivery after sale; -- said of commodities; as, spot wheat.

A mark on a substance or body made by foreign matter; a blot; a place discolored.

A stain on character or reputation; something that soils purity; disgrace; reproach; fault; blemish.

A small part of a different color from the main part, or from the ground upon which it is; as, the spots of a leopard; the spots on a playing card.

A small extent of space; a place; any particular place.

A variety of the common domestic pigeon, so called from a spot on its head just above its beak.

A sciaenoid food fish (Liostomus xanthurus) of the Atlantic coast of the United States. It has a black spot behind the shoulders and fifteen oblique dark bars on the sides. Called also goody, Lafayette, masooka, and old wife.

The southern redfish, or red horse, which has a spot on each side at the base of the tail. See Redfish.

Commodities, as merchandise and cotton, sold for immediate delivery.

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.

To mark or note so as to insure recognition; to recognize; to detect; as, to spot a criminal.

To stain; to blemish; to taint; to disgrace; to tarnish, as reputation; to asperse.

To become stained with spots.

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Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not constitute so strong an attachment as that from which they draw their gains.
Thomas Jefferson

Our country is that spot to which our heart is bound.
Voltaire

If you wish to forget anything on the spot, make a note that this thing is to be remembered.
Edgar Allan Poe

I poured spot remover on my dog. Now he's gone.
Steven Wright

Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot, others transform a yellow spot into the sun.
Pablo Picasso

Let me tell you something that we Israelis have against Moses. He took us 40 years through the desert in order to bring us to the one spot in the Middle East that has no oil!
Golda Meir

High achievers spot rich opportunities swiftly, make big decisions quickly and move into action immediately. Follow these principles and you can make your dreams come true.
Robert H. Schuller

Every man has a sane spot somewhere.
Robert Louis Stevenson

When I write, I aim in my mind not toward New York but toward a vague spot a little to the east of Kansas.
John Updike

But money, wife, is the true Fuller's Earth for reputations, there is not a spot or a stain but what it can take out.
John Gay