ˈblotting-ˌpaper
A bibulous paper made without size, used to absorb superfluous ink. Also attrib.
| 1519 W. Horman Vulg. 80 b, Blottynge papyr serueth to drye weete wryttynge lest there be made blottis or blurris. 1612 Brinsley Lud. Lit. 29 Each to haue a blotting paper to keep their books from soyling, or marring vnder their hands. 1755 Mauduit in Phil. Trans. XLIX. 207 It is less bibulous than the common blotting paper. 1853 Mrs. Gaskell Cranford ix. 163 The same confused sort of way in which written words run together on blotting-paper. 1894 H. Nisbet Bush Girl's Rom. vii. 68 Acid with the soup, salt and warmth with the fish to intensify its brain-feeding and blotting-paper qualities. 1904 Daily Chron. 6 Feb. 9/1 Blotting-paper pink and turtle-dove drab. 1937 E. J. Labarre Dict. Paper 26/1 Blotting paper..is, peculiarly enough, produced from the same materials as the most expensive papers, viz: rags... It is now also largely made from chemical wood pulp, esparto, etc. 1967 E. Short Embroidery & Fabric Collage iv. 108 Once the work is complete it should be stretched face upwards over damp blotting paper. |