A small, usually roundish, mark of a different colour or appearance from the surface on which it appears. Also in extended use.

A spot of colour (like the mark or stain of a drop); also figurative, spot, stain. Obsolete.

Entomology. A small spot of a metallic or contrasting colour on an insect.

A spot of colour resembling a drop. So French goutte. (Cf. goutte, n. Heraldry.)

transferred. Applied to a round spot.

A small rounded mass of colour.

A small pit, depression, or hole resembling a pockmark.

spec. in Art, a spot or dash of colour. Also figurative. Cf. tachism n. at tachist, n. derivatives.