Dot

n. [O. Eng., small lump or pat, Prov. Eng., a gingerbread nut, perhaps corrupted from jot, q. v., or allied to A-S. dyttan, Eng. dit, to close or shut up. Cf. also TITTLE.]

1. A small point or spot, made with a pen or other pointed instrument; a speck, used in marking a writing or other thing.
2. [Fr. dot, from Lat. dos, dotis, dowry.] (Law.) A marriage portion; dowry. [Louisiana.]

v. t. [imp. & p. p. DOTTED; p. pr. & vb. n. DOTTING.]

1. To mark with dots or specks.
2. To mark or diversify with small detached objects; as, a landscape dotted with cottages, or clumps of trees.