3. To stain; to blemish; to taint; to disgrace; to tarnish, as reputation; to asperse.
My virgin life no spotted thoughts shall stain.
Sir P. Sidney.
If ever I shall close these eyes but once,
May I live spotted for my perjury.
Beau. & Fl. To spot timber,
to cut or chip it, in preparation for hewing.
Spot
(Spot), v. i. To become stained with spots.
Spotless
(Spot"less), a. Without a spot; especially, free from reproach or impurity; pure; untainted; innocent; as,
a spotless mind; spotless behavior.
A spotless virgin, and a faultless wife.
Waller. Syn. — Blameless; unspotted; unblemished; pure; immaculate; irreproachable. See Blameless.
— Spot"less*ly, adv. — Spot"less*ness, n.
Spotted
(Spot"ted), a. Marked with spots; as, a spotted garment or character. "The spotted panther."
Spenser.
Spotted fever (Med.),
a name applied to various eruptive fevers, esp. to typhus fever and cerebro-
spinal meningitis. — Spotted tree (Bot.), an Australian tree (Flindersia maculosa); — so called because
its bark falls off in spots.
Spottedness
(Spot"ted*ness), n. State or quality of being spotted.
Spotter
(Spot"ter) n. One who spots.
Spottiness
(Spot"ti*ness) n. The state or quality of being spotty.
Spotty
(Spot"ty) a. Full of spots; marked with spots.
Spousage
(Spous"age) n. [OF. espousaige, from espouser. See Spouse, v. t.] Espousal. [Obs.]
Bale.
Spousal
(Spous"al) a. [See Espousal, Sponsal, and Spouse.] Of or pertaining to a spouse or marriage; nuptial; matrimonial; conjugal; bridal; as,
spousal rites; spousal ornaments. Wordsworth.
Spousal
(Spous"al), n. [See Espousal, Spouse.] Marriage; nuptials; espousal; — generally used in the
plural; as, the spousals of Hippolita. Dryden.
Boweth your head under that blissful yoke . . .
Which that men clepeth spousal or wedlock.
Chaucer.
the spousals of the newborn year.
Emerson. Spouse
(Spouse) n. [OF. espous, espos, fem. espouse, F. époux, épouse, fr. L. sponsus, sponsa,
prop. p. p. of spondere, sponsum, to promise solemnly, to engage one's self. Cf. Despond, Espouse,
respond, Sponsor.]
1. A man or woman engaged or joined in wedlock; a married person, husband or wife.
At last such grace I found, and means I wrought,
That that lady to my spouse had won.
Spenser.