Definition of stain

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Stain (v. t.) To cause to seem inferior or soiled by comparison.

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Bearer :: Bearer (n.) One who, or that which, bears, sustains, or carries..
Ungored :: Ungored (a.) Not stained with gore; not bloodied.
Protest :: Protest (v.) A declaration made by the master of a vessel before a notary, consul, or other authorized officer, upon his arrival in port after a disaster, stating the particulars of it, and showing that any damage or loss sustained was not owing to the fault of the vessel, her officers or crew, but to the perils of the sea, etc., ads the case may be, and protesting against them..
Clamp :: Clamp (n.) A thick plank on the inner part of a ship's side, used to sustain the ends of beams..
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..
Whiteness :: Whiteness (n.) Freedom from stain or blemish; purity; cleanness.
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..
Jesse :: Jesse (n.) A genealogical tree represented in stained glass.
Stain :: Stain (n.) Cause of reproach; shame.
Upstay :: Upstay (v. t.) To sustain; to support.
Sustain :: Sustain (v. t.) To maintain; to keep alive; to support; to subsist; to nourish; as, provisions to sustain an army..
Abstemious :: Abstemious (a.) Abstaining from wine.
Sling :: Sling (v. t.) A contrivance for sustaining anything by suspensio.
Splotchy :: Splotch (n.) A spot; a stain; a daub.
Lie :: Lie (adj.) To be sustainable; to be capable of being maintained.
Tack :: Tack (n.) A stain; a tache.
Graining :: Graining (n.) Painting or staining, in imitation of the grain of wood, atone, etc..
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..
Weather :: Weather (v. t.) Hence, to sustain the trying effect of; to bear up against and overcome; to sustain; to endure; to resist; as, to weather the storm..
Sustaining :: Sustained (imp. & p. p.) of Sustai.
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