blotter

blotter
/blot"euhr/, n.
1. a piece of blotting paper used to absorb excess ink, to protect a desk top, etc.
2. a book in which transactions or events, as sales or arrests, are recorded as they occur: a police blotter.
3. Mach. a soft washer of blotting paper or felt for cushioning a brittle object against shock or pressure or for increasing the friction or contact area between two surfaces.
[1585-95; 1887 for def. 2; BLOT1 + -ER1]

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