Definition of stain

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Stain (v. t.) To discolor by the application of foreign matter; to make foul; to spot; as, to stain the hand with dye; armor stained with blood..

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Avoid :: Avoid (a.) To keep away from; to keep clear of; to endeavor no to meet; to shun; to abstain from; as, to avoid the company of gamesters..
Dishonorable :: Dishonorable (a.) Wanting in honor; not honorable; bringing or deserving dishonor; staining the character, and lessening the reputation; shameful; disgraceful; base..
Atlas :: Atlas (n.) The first vertebra of the neck, articulating immediately with the skull, thus sustaining the globe of the head, whence the name..
Stainer :: Stain (n.) A tincture; a tinge.
Spot :: Spot (n.) A stain on character or reputation; something that soils purity; disgrace; reproach; fault; blemish.
Bearer :: Bearer (n.) One who, or that which, bears, sustains, or carries..
Vetoist :: Vetoist (n.) One who uses, or sustains the use of, the veto..
Assoil :: Assoil (v. t.) To soil; to stain.
Uphold :: Uphold (v. t.) To keep erect; to support; to sustain; to keep from falling; to maintain.
Ermine :: Ermine (n.) By metonymy, the office or functions of a judge, whose state robe, lined with ermine, is emblematical of purity and honor without stain..
Mast :: Mast (n.) A pole, or long, strong, round piece of timber, or spar, set upright in a boat or vessel, to sustain the sails, yards, rigging, etc. A mast may also consist of several pieces of timber united by iron bands, or of a hollow pillar of iron or steel..
Bebleed :: Bebleed (v. t.) To make bloody; to stain with blood.
Support :: Support (v. t.) To endure without being overcome, exhausted, or changed in character; to sustain; as, to support pain, distress, or misfortunes..
Abstaining :: Abstaining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Abstai.
Fight :: Fight (v. t.) To carry on, or wage, as a conflict, or battle; to win or gain by struggle, as one's way; to sustain by fighting, as a cause..
Blot :: Blot (v. t.) To spot, stain, or bespatter, as with ink..
Sufferer :: Sufferer (n.) One who suffers; one who endures or undergoes suffering; one who sustains inconvenience or loss; as, sufferers by poverty or sickness; men are sufferers by fire or by losses at sea..
Unimpeachable :: Unimpeachable (a.) Not impeachable; not to be called in question; exempt from liability to accusation; free from stain, guilt, or fault; irreproachable; blameless; as, an unimpeachable reputation; unimpeachable testimony..
Martyr :: Martyr (n.) Hence, one who sacrifices his life, his station, or what is of great value to him, for the sake of principle, or to sustain a cause..
Smirch :: Smirch (v. t.) To smear with something which stains, or makes dirty; to smutch; to begrime; to soil; to sully..
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