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Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922.

Class VI. Words Relating to the Sentient and Moral Powers
Section II. Personal Affections
2. Discriminative Affections

848. Blemish.

   NOUN:BLEMISH, disfigurement, deformity; adactylism; defect (imperfection) [See Imperfection]; flaw, maculation; injury (deterioration) [See Deterioration]; spots on the sun; eyesore.
  stain, blot, spot, spottiness; speck, speckle, blur, freckle, mole, macula, macule, patch, blotch, birthmark; blobber lip, blubber lip, harelip; blain, tarnish, smudge; dirt [See Uncleanness]; scar, wem [obs.], wen; pustule; whelk; excrescence, pimple (protuberance) [See Convexity]; burn, blister, roughness.
   VERB:DISFIGURE (injure) [See Deterioration]; uglify [rare]; render ugly [See Ugliness].
   ADJECTIVE:DISFIGURED; discolored; imperfect [See Imperfection]; blobber-lipped or blubber-lipped, harelipped; chapped, specked, speckled, freckled, pitted, bloodshot, bruised; injured (deteriorated) [See Deterioration].