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Stain
Stain Stain, v. i.
To give or receive a stain; to grow dim.
Stain
Stain Stain, n.
1. A discoloration by foreign matter; a spot; as, a stain on
a garment or cloth. --Shak.
2. A natural spot of a color different from the gound.
Swift trouts, diversified with crimson stains.
--Pope.
3. Taint of guilt; tarnish; disgrace; reproach.
Nor death itself can wholly wash their stains.
--Dryden.
Our opinion . . . is, I trust, without any blemish
or stain of heresy. --Hooker.
4. Cause of reproach; shame. --Sir P. Sidney.
5. A tincture; a tinge. [R.]
You have some stain of soldier in you. --Shak.
Syn: Blot; spot; taint; pollution; blemish; tarnish; color;
disgrace; infamy; shame.
StainStain Stain, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stained; p. pr. & vb. n.
Staining.] [Abbrev. fr. distain.]
1. To discolor by the application of foreign matter; to make
foul; to spot; as, to stain the hand with dye; armor
stained with blood.
2. 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.
3. To spot with guilt or infamy; to bring reproach on; to
blot; to soil; to tarnish.
Of honor void, Of innocence, of faith, of purity,
Our wonted ornaments now soiled and stained.
--Milton.
4. To cause to seem inferior or soiled by comparison.
She stains the ripest virgins of her age. --Beau. &
Fl.
That did all other beasts in beauty stain.
--Spenser.
Stained glass, glass colored or stained by certain metallic
pigments fused into its substance, -- often used for
making ornament windows.
Syn: To paint; dye; blot; soil; sully; discolor; disgrace;
taint.
Usage: Paint, Stain, Dye. These denote three different
processes; the first mechanical, the other two,
chiefly chemical. To paint a thing is so spread a coat
of coloring matter over it; to stain or dye a thing is
to impart color to its substance. To stain is said
chiefly of solids, as wood, glass, paper; to dye, of
fibrous substances, textile fabrics, etc.; the one,
commonly, a simple process, as applying a wash; the
other more complex, as fixing colors by mordants.
Meaning of Stain from wikipedia
- such as in wood
staining, rust
staining and
stained gl****.
There can be
intentional stains (such as wood
stains or paint),
indicative stains (such as food...
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Staining is a
technique used to
enhance contrast in samples,
generally at the
microscopic level.
Stains and dyes are
frequently used in
histology (microscopic...
- Gram
stain (Gram
staining or Gram's method), is a
method of
staining used to
classify bacterial species into two
large groups: gram-positive bacteria...
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Stained gl**** is
colored gl**** as a
material or
works created from it. Although, it is
traditionally made in flat
panels and used as windows, the creations...
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stain (or
haematoxylin and
eosin stain or hematoxylin-eosin
stain;
often abbreviated as H&E
stain or HE
stain) is one of the prin****l
tissue stains used...
- Look up
stain or
stained in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A
stain is an
unwanted localized discoloration,
often in
fabrics or textiles.
Stain(s) or The...
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Coffee Stain Studios AB is a
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developer based in Skövde.
Founded in 2010 by nine
University of Skövde students, the
company is best...
- A port-wine
stain (nevus flammeus) is a
discoloration of the
human skin
caused by a
vascular anomaly (a
capillary malformation in the skin). They are...
- Verhoeff's
stain, also
known as Verhoeff's
elastic stain (VEG) or Verhoeff–Van
Gieson stain (VVG), is a
staining protocol used in histology, developed...
- in most
stains. The
initial application of any
paint or
varnish is
absorbed into the
substrate similarly to
stains, but the
binder from a
stain resides...
