To impair; to damage; to mar; to soil.
to cause a blot (on something) by spilling a coloured substance.
To obliterate, as writing with ink; to cancel; to efface; generally with out.
To dry (writing, etc.) with blotting paper.
To spot, stain, or bespatter, as with ink.
To obscure; to eclipse; to shadow.
to soak up or absorb liquid.
To stain with infamy; to disgrace.
A stain on someone's reputation or character; a disgrace.
An exposed piece in backgammon.
A blemish, spot or stain made by a coloured substance.
A method of transferring proteins, DNA or RNA, onto a carrier.
To make (someone or something) physically dirty or unclean; to befoul, to soil.
Synonym of defilade (“to fortify (something) as a protection from enfilading fire”)
To act inappropriately towards or vandalize (something sacred or special); to desecrate, to profane.
To make (someone or something) morally impure or unclean; to corrupt, to tarnish.
To cause (something or someone) to become ritually unclean.
A narrow passage or way (originally (military), one which soldiers could only march through in a single file or line), especially a narrow gorge or pass between mountains.
A single file of soldiers; (by extension) any single file.
An act of marching in files or lines.
An act of defilading a fortress or other place, or of raising the exterior works in order to protect the interior.