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To place; to set in a particular spot or position. The captives and emigrants whom he brought with him were located in the trans-Tiberine quarter. B. F. Westcott.

To play the lord; to domineer; to rule with arbitrary or despotic sway; -- sometimes with over; and sometimes with it in the manner of a transitive verb. The whiles she lordeth in licentious bliss. Spenser. I see them lording it in London streets. Shak. And lorded over them whom now they serve. Milton.…

A spot or fleck on the sun brighter than the surrounding surface.

he anterior wings, the other margins being edged with pale yellow. Each wing has a lunate spot surrounded by rings of light yellow, blue, and black. The caterpillar commonly feeds on the hickory, sassafras, and maple.

An herb of the genus Pulmonaria (P. officinalis), of Europe; -- so called because the spotted appearance of the leaves resembles that of a diseased lung.

A small spot, shaped like a half-moon or crescent; as, the lunulet on the wings of many insects.

A spot, as on the skin, or on the surface of the sun or of some other luminous orb.

To spot; to stain; to blur. Maculate the honor of their people. Sir T. Elyot.

Having spots or blotches; maculate.

The act of spotting; a spot; a blemish. Shak.

Causing a spot or stain. T. Adams.

A spot. [Obs.]

Of or pertaining to spots upon a surface; spotted; maculate.

A spot. [Obs.]

Spotted; speckled.

A spotted trout (Salvelinus malma), inhabiting Northern America, west of the Rocky Mountains; -- called also Dolly Varden trout, bull trout, red-spotted trout, and golet.

Having the edge veined or spotted with different colors like marble, as a book.

Made to resemble marble; veined or spotted like marble. "Marbled paper." Boyle.

An American wild cat (Felis tigrina), ranging from Mexico to Brazil. It is spotted with black. Called also long-tailed cat.

o designate; to indicate; -- used literally and figuratively; as, this monument marks the spot where Wolfe died; his courage and energy marked him for a leader.