blotting
noun C2- A blot; a stain.
- The process by which something is blotted.
Plural blottings
From the library
Holmes walked across to the desk and dabbed a little ink from each bottle on to the blotting paper.
You must find your own ink, pens, and blotting-paper, but we provide this table and chair.
I rejoice, however, to perceive that he wrote with a broad-pointed quill pen, and I can hardly doubt that we will find some impression upon this blotting-pad.
He tore off a strip of the blotting-paper and turned towards us the following hieroglyphic:
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