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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Stain \Stain\, v. i. To give or receive a stain; to grow dim. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Stain \Stain\, n. 1. A discoloration by foreign matter; a spot; as a stain on a garment or cloth. --Shak. 2. A natural spot of a color different from the gound. Swift trouts, diversified with crimson stains. --Pope. 3. Taint of guilt; tarnish; disgrace; reproach. Nor death itself can wholly wash their stains. --Dryden. Our opinion . . . is I trust, without any blemish or stain of heresy. --Hooker. 4. Cause of reproach; shame. --Sir P. Sidney. 5. A tincture; a tinge. [R.] You have some stain of soldier in you --Shak. Syn: Blot; spot; taint; pollution; blemish; tarnish; color; disgrace; infamy; shame. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Stain \Stain\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stained}; p. pr & vb n. {Staining}.] [Abbrev. fr distain.] 1. To discolor by the application of foreign matter; to make foul; to spot; as to stain the hand with dye; armor stained with blood. 2. 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. 3. To spot with guilt or infamy; to bring reproach on to blot; to soil; to tarnish. Of honor void, Of innocence, of faith, of purity, Our wonted ornaments now soiled and stained. --Milton. 4. To cause to seem inferior or soiled by comparison. She stains the ripest virgins of her age. --Beau. & Fl That did all other beasts in beauty stain. --Spenser. {Stained glass}, glass colored or stained by certain metallic pigments fused into its substance, -- often used for making ornament windows. Syn: To paint; dye; blot; soil; sully; discolor; disgrace; taint. Usage: {Paint}, {Stain}, {Dye}. These denote three different processes; the first mechanical, the other two chiefly chemical. To paint a thing is so spread a coat of coloring matter over it to stain or dye a thing is to impart color to its substance. To stain is said chiefly of solids, as wood, glass, paper; to dye, of fibrous substances, textile fabrics, etc.; the one commonly, a simple process, as applying a wash; the other more complex, as fixing colors by mordants. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: stain n 1: a soiled or discolored appearance; "the wine left a dark stain" [syn: {discoloration}, {discolouration}] 2: a dye or other coloring material that is used in microscopy to make structures visible 3: the state of being covered with unclean things [syn: {dirt}, {filth}, {grime}, {soil}, {grease}] 4: a symbol of disgrace or infamy; "And the Lord set a mark upon Cain"--Genesis [syn: {mark}, {stigma}, {brand}] 5: an act that brings discredit to the person who does it "he made a huge blot on his copybook" [syn: {blot}, {smear}, {smirch}, {spot}] v 1: mark with dye, as of furniture; "Stain this table a beautiful walnut color" 2: make a spot or mark onto "The wine spotted the tablecloth" [syn: {spot}, {fleck}, {blob}, {blot}] 3: produce or leave stains; "Red wine stains table coths"
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