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▪ I. spotting, vbl. n.|ˈspɒtɪŋ|
[f. spot v. + -ing1.]
1. a. The action or process of making spots; the fact of becoming spotted.
c1430Pilgr. Lyf Manhode ii. lxv. (1869) 100 That keepeth him from sinne, and from spottinge of rust. 1530Palsgr. 274 Spottyng with colour, taincture. 1591Percivall Sp. Dict., Espanzimiento, sprinckling or spotting. a1610Healey Theophrastus (1636) 43 To put in good store of Fullers earth, to keepe them from soile and spotting. 1711Addison Spect. No. 81 ⁋3 This artificial Spotting of the Face. 1838Penny Cycl. XI. 358/1 To this disparity of temperature..may be certainly ascribed the bad setting, spotting, and shrivelling of grapes. 1846J. Baxter Libr. Pract. Agric. (ed. 4) II. 381 To prevent the spotting of the fruit produced by the action of the sun. 1879Cassell's Techn. Educ. IV. 222/2 The defects [in varnishing coaches]..are those of ‘spotting’, ‘blooming’, ‘pin-holing’.
b. spec. (See quot.)
1884F. J. Britten Watch & Clockm. 245 Spotting..[is] the process of finishing chronometer and occasionally watch plates by polishing thereon equidistant circular patches.
c. The removal of spots. † Also with out.
1892Photogr. Ann. II. 877 A series of colours in tubes specially prepared for painting, spotting out, &c. 1940Amer. Speech XV. 360/1 Spotting, eliminating spots from negatives. 1951Good Housek. Home Encycl. 269/2 Spotting,..the term applied to a process in the cleaning of a garment such as a suit. 1958Spectator 4 July 15/3 The store or small cleaner will deal with finishing such as spotting and pressing. 1977J. Hedgecoe Photographer's Handbk. 267 Spotting is the filling in of clear specks (which would otherwise print black) until they match the surrounding tone, and so vanish.
2. A set or number of spots; a marking composed of spots.
1600Surflet Countrie Farme iii. xxviii. 486 The best of all the rest, is the short shanked apple, which is marked with spottings. 1649Ogilby tr. Virg. Georg. iii. (1684) 95 note, Of the Marks of a good Heifer..(that is, Sowrness of Look,..Spotting of the Body) [etc.]. 1721Bradley Philos. Acc. Wks. Nat. 57 The various Colouring and Spotting of their Eggs. 1841Florist's Jrnl. (1846) II. 131 The spotting is smaller, but in every other particular they are very like. 1898Meredith Odes Fr. Hist. 33 Along drear leagues of crimson spotting, white With mother's tears of France.
3. The action of placing on a spot.
1849Mardon Billiards (ed. 2) Pl. 74 A break would have followed the spotting of the red ball that must have yielded the number of points required.
4. U.S. (See quot.)
1904Electr. World & Engin. 24 Sept. 506 (Cent. Suppl.), This breaking up and switching of the trains into sections, which is called ‘spotting’.
5. A slight discharge of blood via the vagina, esp. as a side-effect of oral contraceptives; light staining due to this.
1900Dorland Med. Dict. 624/2 Spotting, a slight menstrual show upon a woman's napkin. 1944Miller & Bryant Gynecol. & Gynecol. Nursing iv. 57 A faint spotting noted on the underclothing or nightclothing may be the only symptom of an early carcinoma of the cervix. 1962Lancet 22 Dec. 1315/2 The clinical criterion of adequate dosage most commonly used was absence of break-through bleeding and spotting. 1977Ibid. 5 Nov. 947/1 According to Islamic precepts, intercourse is prohibited during menstruation, and spotting is interpreted as a prolonged menstrual period.
6. The action of observing, acting as a look-out; spec. (Mil.), the action of locating enemy positions from an aircraft and directing fire.
1914A. Hurd Fleets at War iv. 136 Jellicoe did all that was possible..to instal a fire-control set of instruments in each ship for ‘spotting’ and controlling at long-range shooting. 1918W. H. Berry Aircraft in War & Commerce vi. 77 At the Dardanelles..some of the ‘spotting’ [by seaplanes] for the battleship guns..was not beaten later. 1928C. F. S. Gamble Story of North Sea Air Station viii. 113 The duties of this air station were:..(f) Spotting for coastal batteries.
7. attrib., as spotting colour, spotting machine, spotting scope [scope n.3 b], spotting shuttle, spotting woof.
1805Trans. Soc. Arts XXIII. 241 The spotting shuttles save clipping, and the waste of spotting yarn. 1839Ure Dict. Arts 1233 In working spots, one thread, or shot of spotting-woof, and two of plain, are successively inserted. 1884C. G. W. Lock Workshop Rec. Ser. iii. 15/1 A mottled appearance is produced on brass by a ‘spotting’ machine. 1892Photogr. Ann. II. 221 With the spotting colour we can carefully erase the other people's hands. 1960C. E. Chapel Art of Shooting xv. 147 The shooter may have a spotting scope. This is a telescope of comparatively high power, which may be mounted on a tripod and placed near the shooter..and used to observe the location of shot holes on the target. 1970R. A. Steindler Firearms Dict. 238/2 With the help of a spotting scope.., the spotter informs the shooter as to the exact point of bullet impact on the target. 1980Hunting Ann. 1981 62/2 If you are serious about trying for a trophy, use a spotting scope.
▪ II. ˈspotting, ppl. a.
[f. spot v. + -ing2.]
Making or causing spots. Also fig.
1650Bulwer Anthropomet. 158 The discreeter sort of Ladies who are not guilty of this spotting vanity. 1827Clare Sheph. Cal. 56 The streaking sugar and the spotting plum. |