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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BLOTE

v.t.[The affinities of this word are not clearly ascertained. ] To dry and smoke; as, to blote herrings.

 

BLOTED

pp. Smoked and dried.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

BLOTE

Blote, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bloted; p. pr. & vb. n. Bloting.] Etym: [Cf. Sw. blöt -fisk soaked fish, fr. blöta to soak. See 1st Bloat. ]

 

Defn: To cure, as herrings, by salting and smoking them; to bloat. [Obs. ]