Definition of stain

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

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Ensanguine :: Ensanguine (v. t.) To stain or cover with blood; to make bloody, or of a blood-red color; as, an ensanguined hue..
Sustain :: Sustain (v. t.) To aid, comfort, or relieve; to vindicate..
Atlas :: Atlas (n.) One who sustains a great burden.
Armature :: Armature (n.) Iron bars or framing employed for the consolidation of a building, as in sustaining slender columns, holding up canopies, etc..
Endure :: Endure (v. t.) To remain firm under; to sustain; to undergo; to support without breaking or yielding; as, metals endure a certain degree of heat without melting; to endure wind and weather..
Support :: Support (n.) That which upholds, sustains, or keeps from falling, as a prop, a pillar, or a foundation of any kind..
Sustaltic :: Sustainment (n.) The act of sustaining; maintenance; support.
Case :: Case (n.) One of the forms, or the inflections or changes of form, of a noun, pronoun, or adjective, which indicate its relation to other words, and in the aggregate constitute its declension; the relation which a noun or pronoun sustains to some other word..
Mast :: Mast (n.) A pole, or long, strong, round piece of timber, or spar, set upright in a boat or vessel, to sustain the sails, yards, rigging, etc. A mast may also consist of several pieces of timber united by iron bands, or of a hollow pillar of iron or steel..
Agent :: Agent (a.) Acting; -- opposed to patient, or sustaining, action..
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..
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..
Damage :: Damage (n.) The estimated reparation in money for detriment or injury sustained; a compensation, recompense, or satisfaction to one party, for a wrong or injury actually done to him by another..
Mulberry-faced :: Mulberry-faced (a.) Having a face of a mulberry color, or blotched as if with mulberry stains..
Rusty :: Rusty (superl.) Discolored; stained; not cleanly kept; filthy.
Attaint :: Attaint (v.) A stain or taint; disgrace. See Taint.
Soil :: Soil (n.) To stain or mar, as with infamy or disgrace; to tarnish; to sully..
Knight :: Knight (n.) In feudal times, a man-at-arms serving on horseback and admitted to a certain military rank with special ceremonies, including an oath to protect the distressed, maintain the right, and live a stainless life..
Adonis :: Adonis (n.) A genus of plants of the family Ranunculaceae, containing the pheasant's eye (Adonis autumnalis); -- named from Adonis, whose blood was fabled to have stained the flower..
Taint :: Taint (n.) A blemish on reputation; stain; spot; disgrace.
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