dot vs ermine

dot

noun
  • A small, round spot. 

  • A symbol used for separating the fractional part of a decimal number from the whole part, for indicating multiplication or a scalar product, or for various other purposes. 

  • buckshot, projectile from a "dotty" or shotgun 

  • A dot ball. 

  • One of the two symbols used in Morse code. 

  • A punctuation mark used to indicate the end of a sentence or an abbreviated part of a word; a full stop; a period. 

  • A point used as a diacritical mark above or below various letters of the Latin script, as in Ȧ, Ạ, Ḅ, Ḃ, Ċ. 

  • Anything small and like a speck comparatively; a small portion or specimen. 

  • A dowry. 

verb
  • To punch (a person). 

  • To mark or diversify with small detached objects. 

  • To cover with small spots (of some liquid). 

  • To add a dot (the symbol) or dots to. 

  • To mark by means of dots or small spots. 

prep
  • Dot product of the previous vector and the following vector. 

ermine

noun
  • A white field with black spots. 

  • The white fur of this animal, traditionally seen as a symbol of purity and used for judges' robes. 

  • A weasel found in northern latitudes (Mustela erminea in Eurasia, Alaska, and the Arctic, Mustela haidarum in Haida Gwaii, Mustela richardsonii in the rest of North America); its dark brown fur turns white in winter, apart from the black tip of the tail. 

  • Any of various moths, especially in the family Yponomeutidae 

  • The office of a judge. 

adj
  • In blazon, of the colour ermine (white with black spots). 

verb
  • To clothe with ermine. 

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