To discolor by the application of foreign matter; to make foul; to spot; as, to stain the hand with dye; armor stained with blood.
To color, as wood, glass, paper, cloth, or the like, by processes 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.
To spot with guilt or infamy; to bring reproach on; to blot; to soil; to tarnish.
To cause to seem inferior or soiled by comparison.
To give or receive a stain; to grow dim.
A discoloration by foreign matter; a spot; as, a stain on a garment or cloth.
A natural spot of a color different from the gound.
Taint of guilt; tarnish; disgrace; reproach.
Cause of reproach; shame.
A tincture; a tinge.
To stain; to color; to give a new and permanent color to, as by the application of dyestuffs.
Color produced by dyeing.
Material used for dyeing; a dyestuff.
Same as Die, a lot.
