The scales were new in the past few years, small blemishes that had spread and grown thick and coarse.

Same as above but with only a small blemish on the shell where the expansion port was.

Ms. Malone said the repair had been carried out with the "sand and blending" process, a standard method for small blemishes.

But this is a small blemish to the case that less is more.

It is like the people who make Steuben glass smashing the crystal they produce that has even the smallest blemish.

But that was a small blemish.

But that was a small blemish on the pleasure of the hours gone past.

This method requires that the platinum ring be nearly perfect; even a small blemish or scratch can greatly alter the accuracy of the results.

The term is used to designate a small blemish typically characterized by a small hole in the substance of the paper.

With that small blemish on his career recognized, let us see what positive lessons we can learn from the life of the diminutive Virginian.