Vocabulary : Spot to Spotting
Spot : Lit., being on the spot, or place; ;; on hand for immediate delivery after sale; -- said of commodities; as, spot wheat. ;; A mark on a substance or body made by foreign matter; a blot; a place discolored. ;; A stain on character or reputation; something that soils purity; disgrace; reproach; fault; blemish. ;; A small part of a different color from the main part, or from the ground upon which it is; as, the spots of a leopard; the spots on a playing card. ;; A small extent of space; a place; any particular place. ;; A variety of the common domestic pigeon, so called from a spot on its head just above its beak. ;; A sciaenoid food fish (Liostomus xanthurus) of the Atlantic coast of the United States. It has a black spot behind the shoulders and fifteen oblique dark bars on the sides. Called also goody, Lafayette, masooka, and old wife. ;; The southern redfish, or red horse, which has a spot on each side at the base of the tail. See Redfish. ;; Commodities, as merchandise and cotton, sold for immediate deliverSpot cash : Cash paid or ready for payment at once upon delivery of property purchased.
Spot stroke : The pocketing of the red ball in a top corner pocket from off its own spot so as to leave the cue ball in position for an easy winning hazard in either top corner pocket.
Spotless : Without a spot; especially, free from reproach or impurity; pure; untainted; innocent; as, a spotless mind; spotless behavior.
Spotlight : The projected spot or circle of light used to illuminate brilliantly a single person or object or group on the stage; leaving the rest of the stage more or less unilluminated; hence, conspicuous public notice.
