Definition of stain

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Stain (v. i.) To give or receive a stain; to grow dim.

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Indelible :: Indelible (a.) That can not be removed, washed away, blotted out, or effaced; incapable of being canceled, lost, or forgotten; as, indelible characters; an indelible stain; an indelible impression on the memory..
Sustainer :: Sustained (a.) Held up to a certain pitch, degree, or level; uniform; as, sustained pasion; a sustained style of writing; a sustained note in music..
Dehort :: Dehort (v. t.) To urge to abstain or refrain; to dissuade.
Butment :: Butment (n.) The mass of stone or solid work at the end of a bridge, by which the extreme arches are sustained, or by which the end of a bridge without arches is supported..
Bear :: Bear (v. t.) To support or sustain; to hold up.
Bleaching :: Bleaching (n.) The act or process of whitening, by removing color or stains; esp. the process of whitening fabrics by chemical agents..
Blood :: Blood (v. t.) To stain, smear or wet, with blood..
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..
Cleanly :: Cleanly (adv.) Innocently; without stain.
Maculatory :: Maculatory (a.) Causing a spot or stain.
Stain :: Staining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stai.
Stain :: 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..
Hanging :: Hanging (a.) Adapted for sustaining a hanging object; as, the hanging post of a gate, the post which holds the hinges..
Atlas :: Atlas (n.) The first vertebra of the neck, articulating immediately with the skull, thus sustaining the globe of the head, whence the name..
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..
Stain :: Stain (n.) A discoloration by foreign matter; a spot; as, a stain on a garment or cloth..
Bear :: Bear (v. t.) To sustain, or be answerable for, as blame, expense, responsibility, etc..
Underfong :: Underfong (v. t.) To sustain; to support; to guard.
Fast :: Fast (v. i.) To practice abstinence as a religious exercise or duty; to abstain from food voluntarily for a time, for the mortification of the body or appetites, or as a token of grief, or humiliation and penitence..
Attaint :: Attaint (v.) A stain or taint; disgrace. See Taint.
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