Definition of stain

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Stain (n.) Cause of reproach; shame.

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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..
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..
Abstainer :: Abstainer (n.) One who abstains; esp., one who abstains from the use of intoxicating liquors..
Infucation :: Infucation (n.) The act of painting or staining, especially of painting the face..
Hatch :: Hatch (v. t.) To cross; to spot; to stain; to steep.
Upholder :: Upholder (n.) One who, or that which, upholds; a supporter; a defender; a sustainer..
Sustain :: Sustain (v. t.) Hence, to keep from sinking, as in despondence, or the like; to support..
Lever :: Lever (n.) A rigid piece which is capable of turning about one point, or axis (the fulcrum), and in which are two or more other points where forces are applied; -- used for transmitting and modifying force and motion. Specif., a bar of metal, wood, or other rigid substance, used to exert a pressure, or sustain a weight, at one point of its length, by receiving a force or power at a second, and turning at a third on a fixed point called a fulcrum. It is usually named as the first of the six mecha
On :: On (prep.) At or in the time of; during; as, on Sunday we abstain from labor. See At (synonym)..
Whiteness :: Whiteness (n.) Freedom from stain or blemish; purity; cleanness.
Clear :: Clear (superl.) Free from guilt or stain; unblemished.
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..
Atlas :: Atlas (n.) The first vertebra of the neck, articulating immediately with the skull, thus sustaining the globe of the head, whence the name..
Distaining :: Distaining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Distai.
Backbone :: Backbone (n.) The column of bones in the back which sustains and gives firmness to the frame; the spine; the vertebral or spinal column.
Henna :: Henna (n.) A thorny tree or shrub of the genus Lawsonia (L. alba). The fragrant white blossoms are used by the Buddhists in religious ceremonies. The powdered leaves furnish a red coloring matter used in the East to stain the hails and fingers, the manes of horses, etc..
Buoyant :: Buoyant (v. t. & i.) Bearing up, as a fluid; sustaining another body by being specifically heavier..
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..
Stain :: Staining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stai.
Marbleize :: Marbleize (v. t.) To stain or grain in imitation of marble; to cover with a surface resembling marble; as, to marbleize slate, wood, or iron..
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