splotch (sploch)

[Formerly also sploach (also in var. form splatch and splodge, q. v.); a var. or irreg. extension of splot (cf. blotch as related to blot1 ).] A broad, ill-defined spot; a stain; a daub; a smear. Thou spot, sploach of my family and blood! Wycherley, Gentleman Dancing-Master, v. 1. The leaves were crumpled, and smeared with stains and splotches of grease. M. E. Braddon , Eleanor's Victory, v.