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Definition of stain

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Stain (v. t.) 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..

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Sustain :: Sustain (v. t.) To prove; to establish by evidence; to corroborate or confirm; to be conclusive of; as, to sustain a charge, an accusation, or a proposition..

Prop :: Prop (v. t.) To support, or prevent from falling, by placing something under or against; as, to prop up a fence or an old building; (Fig.) to sustain; to maintain; as, to prop a declining state..

Heartstring :: Heartstring (n.) A nerve or tendon, supposed to brace and sustain the heart..

Fast :: Fast (v. i.) To abstain from food; to omit to take nourishment in whole or in part; to go hungry.

Abstaining :: Abstaining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Abstai.

Stain :: Stain (n.) Taint of guilt; tarnish; disgrace; reproach.

Tinge :: Tinge (v. t.) To imbue or impregnate with something different or foreign; as, to tinge a decoction with a bitter taste; to affect in some degree with the qualities of another substance, either by mixture, or by application to the surface; especially, to color slightly; to stain; as, to tinge a blue color with red; an infusion tinged with a yellow color by saffron..

Blood :: Blood (v. t.) To stain, smear or wet, with blood..

Abstainer :: Abstainer (n.) One who abstains; esp., one who abstains from the use of intoxicating liquors..

Mount :: Mount (v. t.) Hence: To put upon anything that sustains and fits for use, as a gun on a carriage, a map or picture on cloth or paper; to prepare for being worn or otherwise used, as a diamond by setting, or a sword blade by adding the hilt, scabbard, etc..

Sustentation :: Sustentate (v. t.) To sustain.

Soil :: Soil (n.) That which soils or pollutes; a soiled place; spot; stain.

Sanguine :: Sanguine (v. t.) To stain with blood; to impart the color of blood to; to ensanguine.

Suffer :: Suffer (v. t.) To undergo; to be affected by; to sustain; to experience; as, most substances suffer a change when long exposed to air and moisture; to suffer loss or damage..

Support :: Support (v. t.) To assume and carry successfully, as the part of an actor; to represent or act; to sustain; as, to support the character of King Lear..

Dye :: Dye (v. t.) To stain; to color; to give a new and permanent color to, as by the application of dyestuffs..

Bearer :: Bearer (n.) One who, or that which, bears, sustains, or carries..

Bespatter :: Bespatter (v. t.) To soil by spattering; to sprinkle, esp. with dirty water, mud, or anything which will leave foul spots or stains..

Abstinence :: Abstinence (n.) The act or practice of abstaining; voluntary forbearance of any action, especially the refraining from an indulgence of appetite, or from customary gratifications of animal or sensual propensities. Specifically, the practice of abstaining from intoxicating beverages, -- called also total abstinence..

Blot :: Blot (n.) A spot or stain, as of ink on paper; a blur..