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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Bleach :: Bleach (a.) To make white, or whiter; to remove the color, or stains, from; to blanch; to whiten..
Tache :: Tache (n.) A spot, stain, or blemish..
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..
Sustentation :: Sustentate (v. t.) To sustain.
Mustang :: Mustang (n.) The half-wild horse of the plains in Mexico, California, etc. It is small, hardy, and easily sustained..
Mulberry-faced :: Mulberry-faced (a.) Having a face of a mulberry color, or blotched as if with mulberry stains..
Sustain :: Sustain (v. t.) To aid, comfort, or relieve; to vindicate..
Prop :: Prop (v.) That which sustains an incumbent weight; that on which anything rests or leans for support; a support; a stay; as, a prop for a building..
Shoulder :: Shoulder (n.) Fig.: That which supports or sustains; support.
Came :: Came (n.) A slender rod of cast lead, with or without grooves, used, in casements and stained-glass windows, to hold together the panes or pieces of glass..
Bloody :: Bloody (v. t.) To stain with blood.
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..
Smear :: Smear (n.) To soil in any way; to contaminate; to pollute; to stain morally; as, to be smeared with infamy..
Depend :: Depend (v. i.) To hang down; to be sustained by being fastened or attached to something above.
Smouch :: Smouch (n.) A dark soil or stain; a smutch.
Nazarite :: Nazarite (n.) A Jew bound by a vow to lave the hair uncut, to abstain from wine and strong drink, and to practice extraordinary purity of life and devotion, the obligation being for life, or for a certain time. The word is also used adjectively..
Contract :: Contract (n.) The agreement of two or more persons, upon a sufficient consideration or cause, to do, or to abstain from doing, some act; an agreement in which a party undertakes to do, or not to do, a particular thing; a formal bargain; a compact; an interchange of legal rights..
Tarnish :: Tarnish (n.) The quality or state of being tarnished; stain; soil; blemish.
Blot :: Blot (v. t.) To stain with infamy; to disgrace.
Strong :: Strong (superl.) Solid; tough; not easily broken or injured; able to withstand violence; able to sustain attacks; not easily subdued or taken; as, a strong beam; a strong rock; a strong fortress or town..
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