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STAIN, v.t. [L., a sprinkle, a spread, a layer; to spread, expand, sprinkle, or be scattered. Gr.] 1. To discolor by the application of foreign matter; to make foul; to spot; as, to stain the hand with dye; to stain clothes with vegetable juice; to stain paper; armor stained with blood.2. To dye; to tinge with a different color; as, to stain cloth.3. To impress with figures, in colors different from the ground; as, to stain paper for hangings.4. To blot; to soil; to spot with guilt or infamy; to tarnish; to bring reproach on; as, to stain the character.Of honor void, of innocence, of faith, of purity, our wonted ornaments now soild and staind.STAIN, n. 1. A spot; discoloration from foreign matter; as a stain on a garment or cloth.2. A natural spot of a color different from the ground.Swift trouts, diversified with crimson stains.3. Taint of guilt; tarnish; disgrace; reproach; as the stain of sin.Nor death itself can wholly wash their stains.Our opinion is, I hope, without any blemish or stain of heresy.4. Cause of reproach; shame.Hereby I will lead her that is the praise and yet the stain of all womankind.
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STAIN, v.t. [L., a sprinkle, a spread, a layer; to spread, expand, sprinkle, or be scattered. Gr.] 1. To discolor by the application of foreign matter; to make foul; to spot; as, to stain the hand with dye; to stain clothes with vegetable juice; to stain paper; armor stained with blood.2. To dye; to tinge with a different color; as, to stain cloth.3. To impress with figures, in colors different from the ground; as, to stain paper for hangings.4. To blot; to soil; to spot with guilt or infamy; to tarnish; to bring reproach on; as, to stain the character.Of honor void, of innocence, of faith, of purity, our wonted ornaments now soild and staind.STAIN, n. 1. A spot; discoloration from foreign matter; as a stain on a garment or cloth.2. A natural spot of a color different from the ground.Swift trouts, diversified with crimson stains.3. Taint of guilt; tarnish; disgrace; reproach; as the stain of sin.Nor death itself can wholly wash their stains.Our opinion is, I hope, without any blemish or stain of heresy.4. Cause of reproach; shame.Hereby I will lead her that is the praise and yet the stain of all womankind. |
STAIN, n.- A spot; discoloration from foreign matter; as, stain on a garment or cloth.
- A natural spot of a color different from the ground.
Swift trouts, diversified with crimson stains. – Pope.
- Taint of guilt; tarnish; disgrace; reproach; as, the stain of sin.
Nor death itself can wholly wash their stains. – Dryden.
Our opinion is, I hope, without any blemish or stain of heresy. – Hooker.
- Cause of reproach; shame.
Hereby I will lead her that is the praise and yet the stain all womankind. – Sidney.
STAIN, v.t. [W. ystaeniaw, to spread over, to stain; ystaenu, to cover with tin; ystaen, that is spread out, or that is sprinkled, a stain, tin, L. stannum; taen, a spread, a sprinkle, a layer; taenu, to spread, expand, sprinkle, or be scattered. This coincides in elements with Gr. τεινω. The French teindre, Sp. teñir, It. tingere, Port. tingir, to stain, are from the L. tingo, Gr. τεγγω, Sax. deagan, Eng. dye; a word formed by different elements. Stain seems to be from the Welsh, and if taen is not a contracted word, it has no connection with the Fr. teindre.]- To discolor by the application of foreign matter; to make foul; to spot; as, to stain the hand with dye; to stain clothes with vegetable juice; to stain paper; armor stained with blood.
- To dye; to tinge with a different color; as, to stain cloth.
- To impress with figures, in colors different from the ground; as, to stain paper for hangings.
- To blot; to soil; to spot with guilt or infamy; to tarnish; to bring reproach on; as, to stain the character.
Of honor void, of innocence, of faith of purity, / Our wonted of ornaments now soil'd and stained. – Milton.
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Stain
- To discolor by the application of foreign matter] to make foul;
to spot; as, to stain the hand with dye; armor stained
with blood.
- To give or receive a
stain; to grow dim.
- A
discoloration by foreign matter; a spot; as, a stain on a
garment or cloth.
- To color, as wood, glass, paper, cloth, or
the like, by processess affecting, chemically or otherwise, the
material itself; to tinge with a color or colors combining with, or
penetrating, the substance; to dye; as, to stain wood with
acids, colored washes, paint rubbed in, etc.; to stain
glass.
- A natural spot of a color different from
the gound.
- To spot with guilt or infamy; to bring
reproach on; to blot; to soil; to tarnish.
- Taint of guilt; tarnish; disgrace;
reproach.
- To cause to seem inferior or soiled by
comparison.
- Cause of reproach; shame.
- A tincture; a tinge.
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Stain STAIN, verb transitive [Latin , a sprinkle, a spread, a layer; to spread, expand, sprinkle, or be scattered. Gr.] 1. To discolor by the application of foreign matter; to make foul; to spot; as, to stain the hand with dye; to stain clothes with vegetable juice; to stain paper; armor stained with blood. 2. To dye; to tinge with a different color; as, to stain cloth. 3. To impress with figures, in colors different from the ground; as, to stain paper for hangings. 4. To blot; to soil; to spot with guilt or infamy; to tarnish; to bring reproach on; as, to stain the character. Of honor void, of innocence, of faith, of purity, our wonted ornaments now soild and staind. STAIN, noun 1. A spot; discoloration from foreign matter; as a stain on a garment or cloth. 2. A natural spot of a color different from the ground. Swift trouts, diversified with crimson stains. 3. Taint of guilt; tarnish; disgrace; reproach; as the stain of sin. Nor death itself can wholly wash their stains. Our opinion is, I hope, without any blemish or stain of heresy. 4. Cause of reproach; shame. Hereby I will lead her that is the praise and yet the stain of all womankind. |
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