| • | 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 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. |
| • | 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. |
