BLEMISH
ADJECTIVES
1905 ► MEALY marked with blemishes; disfigured by blotches or spots → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
NOUNS
1000 ► SMIT a spot; a stain; a blemish → obs.
1175 ► LAST a physical blemish → obs.
1300 ► DEFAULT a blemish → obs.
1300 ► TACHE a blemish, a spot, a blotch, a blot → obs.
1400 ► FLAKE a blemish, a flaw, a fleck → obs.
1425 ► TACK a blemish, a spot, a stain → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1483 ► MACULE a blemish, a spot → obs.
1567 ► OFFENCE a blemish, a fault → obs.
1601 ► IMPERFECTIVE a blemish, an imperfection, a defect, a fault → obs.
1619 ► NAEVE a blemish, a spot → obs.
1638 ► SMITCH a dirty mark; a sport of dirt; a blemish → chiefly Sc. & Eng. dial.
1640 ► TINCTURE a blemish, a stain → obs.
1825 ► SCAW a blemish, a faded mark, a spot → Sc.
1862 ► SMIRCH a moral stain or flaw; a blot or blemish; a fault or defect
1866 ► SCAM a blemish, a spot, a mark, a stain → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1883 ► ILL-SIDE a blemish, a defect → Sc.
1905 ► TASH a blemish, a stain, a spot, a drop, a flaw → Sc. (Bk.)
1911 ► BLAIN a blemish, a fault; a scar; discolouration of skin after a sore → Sc. (Bk.)
1927 ► BLEMAGE a blemish → Amer. dial.
1942 ► BLOSSOM a facial blemish, a pimple or acne spot → Amer. dial.
1970 ► GOOBER a skin blemish; a small mole or spot → US students’ sl.
1976 ► GOOB a large facial blemish → US sl.
VERBS
1700 ► TACHE to blemish; to deface; to tarnish or spoil slightly by handling or use; to make the worse for wear → Sc.
1900 ► FAULTER to perceive or discover a blemish or fault → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
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