0 a large piece of blotting paper with a stiff back that is used to absorb ink, and is often put on the top of a desk to protect it when writing
Edna opened the blotter, and having procured paper and pen, began to write the note.
On his writing-table lay an ivory set: inkstand, pen-tray, blotter, and calendar.
She laid his "Strictly Personal" letters on his fresh blotter.
Periodic addition of water ensured continual saturation of blotters.
The 'truth' he sought in literature was not of police blotters and courthouse records.
Many exploits of individual heroism have been pushed beenath the blotter of military censorship.
