A bibulous paper made without size, used to absorb superfluous ink.

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1519.  Horman, Vulg., 80 b. Blottynge papyr serueth to drye weete wryttynge lest there be made blottis or blurris.

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1612.  Brinsley, Lud. Lit., 29. Each to haue a blotting paper to keep their books from soyling, or marring vnder their hands.

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1755.  Mauduit, in Phil. Trans., XLIX. 207. It is less bibulous than the common blotting paper.

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