Definition of stain

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Stain (v. t.) To spot with guilt or infamy; to bring reproach on; to blot; to soil; to tarnish.

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Chromatin :: Chromatin (n.) Tissue which is capable of being stained by dyes.
Bunk :: Bunk (n.) A piece of wood placed on a lumberman's sled to sustain the end of heavy timbers.
Abstainer :: Abstainer (n.) One who abstains; esp., one who abstains from the use of intoxicating liquors..
Upbear :: Upbear (v. t.) To bear up; to raise aloft; to support in an elevated situation; to sustain.
Underfong :: Underfong (v. t.) To sustain; to support; to guard.
Dishonorable :: Dishonorable (a.) Wanting in honor; not honorable; bringing or deserving dishonor; staining the character, and lessening the reputation; shameful; disgraceful; base..
Hook :: Hook (n.) A piece of metal, or other hard material, formed or bent into a curve or at an angle, for catching, holding, or sustaining anything; as, a hook for catching fish; a hook for fastening a gate; a boat hook, etc..
Waste :: Waste (v. i.) To procure or sustain a reduction of flesh; -- said of a jockey in preparation for a race, etc..
Equitable :: Equitable (a.) That can be sustained or made available or effective in a court of equity, or upon principles of equity jurisprudence; as, an equitable estate; equitable assets, assignment, mortgage, etc..
Distaining :: Distaining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Distai.
Refrain :: Refrain (v. i.) To keep one's self from action or interference; to hold aloof; to forbear; to abstain.
Sleeve :: Sleeve (n.) A tubular part made to cover, sustain, or steady another part, or to form a connection between two parts..
Succiduous :: Successor (n.) One who succeeds or follows; one who takes the place which another has left, and sustains the like part or character; -- correlative to predecessor; as, the successor of a deceased king..
Revetment :: Revetment (v. t.) A facing of wood, stone, or any other material, to sustain an embankment when it receives a slope steeper than the natural slope; also, a retaining wall..
Stain :: Stain (n.) Taint of guilt; tarnish; disgrace; reproach.
Forbear :: Forbear (v. t.) To keep away from; to avoid; to abstain from; to give up; as, to forbear the use of a word of doubdtful propriety..
Sightless :: Sightless (a.) Offensive or unpleasing to the eye; unsightly; as, sightless stains..
Bloody Hand :: Bloody hand () A hand stained with the blood of a deer, which, in the old forest laws of England, was sufficient evidence of a man's trespass in the forest against venison..
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..
Immaculate :: Immaculate (a.) Without stain or blemish; spotless; undefiled; clear; pure.
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