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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 Stains from wikipedia
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samples Wood
stain, a type of
paint used to
color wood
Stains (Los
Angeles band), a
hardcore punk band
formed in 1976 The
Stains (Maine), an early-1980s...
- BSC-certified
stains eliminates a
source of
unexpected results. Some
vendors sell
stains "certified" by
themselves rather than by the
Biological Stain Commission...
- 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...
- 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...
- gl****. By
about 1450, a
stain known as "Cousin's rose" was used to
enhance flesh tones. In the 16th century, a
range of gl****
stains were introduced, most...
- Port-wine
stains occur most
often on the face but can
appear anywhere on the body,
particularly on the neck,
upper trunk, arms and legs.
Early stains are usually...
-
Hoechst stains are part of a
family of blue
fluorescent dyes used to
stain DNA.
These bis-benzimides were
originally developed by
Hoechst AG,
which numbered...
-
section is
likely to be
stained with H&E. H&E is the
combination of two
histological stains:
hematoxylin and eosin. The
hematoxylin stains cell
nuclei a purplish...
- John
Kirkcaldie and
Robert Stains with a
capital of £700. The
first store was
opened on
Lambton Quay. In 1868
Kirkcaldie &
Stains moved to its
final location...
- of the
Papanicolaou stain involves five
stains in
three solutions. The
first staining solution contains haematoxylin which stains cell nuclei. Papanicolaou...
