/bloch/ , n.
1. a large, irregular spot or blot.
2. Plant Pathol.
a. a diseased, discolored spot or area on a plant.
b. a disease so characterized, usually accompanied by cankers and lesions.
3. a skin eruption; blemish.
v.t.
4. to mark with blotches; blot, spot, or blur: The floor of the forest was blotched with cool, dark moss.
adj.
5. Textiles. of or pertaining to blotch printing, or to the colored ground produced by this process.
[ 1595-1605; perh. b. BLOT 1 + BOTCH 2 ]
Syn. 1. splotch, mark, blemish, stain.