n. a piece of blotting paper in a pad as a piece of desk furniture
n. a daily register of arrests and other events in a police station
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. One who, or that which, blots; esp. a device for absorbing superfluous ink.
n. A wastebook, in which entries of transactions are made as they take place.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A piece of blotting-paper or other device for absorbing an excess of ink or other fluid, used especially in writing.
n. In com., a waste-book in which are recorded all transactions in the order of their occurrence.
n. The current record of arrests and charges in a police office: called in Great Britain a charge-sheet.
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n. absorbent paper used to dry ink
n. the daily written record of events (as arrests) in a police station
Word Usage
"Then, too, every time we make a landing on an island, part of our strength, like water, soaking into a blotter, is absorbed in the men and materials that must be left there."