A bibulous paper made without size, used to absorb superfluous ink.
1519. Horman, Vulg., 80 b. Blottynge papyr serueth to drye weete wryttynge lest there be made blottis or blurris.
1612. Brinsley, Lud. Lit., 29. Each to haue a blotting paper to keep their books from soyling, or marring vnder their hands.
1755. Mauduit, in Phil. Trans., XLIX. 207. It is less bibulous than the common blotting paper.