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Blotting paper is a type of paper or other material which is used to absorb an excess of substance (such as ink or oil) from the surface of an object. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wiktionary (a portmanteau of wiki and dictionary) is a multilingual, Web-based project to create a free content dictionary, available in over 150 languages. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Type has historically had the following uses: In biology, a type is the specimen or specimens upon which an original species description is based. ... For other uses, see Paper (disambiguation). ... Look up material in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Look up substance in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... An ink is a liquid containing various pigments and/or dyes used for coloring a surface to render an image or text. ... Synthetic motor oil An oil is any substance that is in a viscous liquid state (oily) at ambient temperatures or slightly warmer, and is both hydrophobic (immiscible with water, literally water fearing) and lipophilic (miscible with other oils, literally fat loving). This general definition includes compound classes with otherwise unrelated... An open surface with X-, Y-, and Z-contours shown. ... WordNet gives four main senses for the English noun object: a physical entity; something that is within the grasp of the senses; an aim, target or objective — see Object (task); a grammatical Object — either a direct object or an indirect object the focus of cognitions or feelings. ...

Examples of its use include absorbing the excess ink left on parchment after writing with a fountain pen or in cosmetic papers used to remove excess lipstick or facial oils. Look up Example in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... An ink is a liquid containing various pigments and/or dyes used for coloring a surface to render an image or text. ... German parchmenter, 1568 Parchment is a material for the pages of a book or codex, made from fine calf skin, sheep skin or goat skin. ... A fountain pen is a writing instrument, more specifically a pen, that contains a reservoir of water-based ink that is fed to a nib through a feed via a combination of gravity and capillary action. ... “Make-up” redirects here. ... Lipstick is a cosmetic product containing pigments, oils, waxes, and emollients that applies color and texture to the lips. ...

When used to remove ink from writings, the writing may appear in reverse on the surface of the blotting paper, a phenomenon which has been used as a plot device in a number of detective stories. A plot device is a person or an object introduced to a story to affect or advance the plot. ... Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes Detective fiction is a branch of crime fiction that centers upon the investigation of a crime, usually murder, by a detective, either professional or amateur. ...

Blotting was needed once writing in dipped ink was invented and was first done by use of sand or salt poured on the wet ink. However salt especially was expensive. Blotting paper is reputed to be first referred to in the English language in the 1400s but there is a tradition in Norfolk, England that it was invented by accident at Lyng Mill on the river Wensum. This may be wrong as this was not a paper mill until about 1830. However, the process of making blotting paper in bulk rather than by hand may be what was created at Lyng.

Certain illegal drugs, most notably LSD, are distributed on blotting paper. A liquid solution of the drug is applied to the paper, which commonly is perforated into individual doses and artfully decorated. Lysergic acid diethylamide, commonly called LSD, LSD-25, or acid. ...