Blob: alternatives and connections

To discolor by the application of foreign matter; to make foul; to spot; as, to stain the hand with dye; armor stained with blood.

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To discolor by the application of foreign matter; to make foul; to spot; as, to stain the hand with dye; armor stained with blood.

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To soil by spattering; to sprinkle, esp. with dirty water, mud, or anything which will leave foul spots or stains.

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To mark with speckles or spots.

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To march off in a line, file by file; to file off.

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To spot; to stain; to blur.

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To sprinkle with a liquid or with any wet substance, as water, mud, or the like; to make wet of foul spots upon by sprinkling; as, to spatter a coat;…

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A little or spot in or anything, of a different substance or color from that of the thing itself.

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A spot; a stain; a daub.

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To discolor by the application of foreign matter; to make foul; to spot; as, to stain the hand with dye; armor stained with blood.

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To soil; to dirty; to spot; to tarnish; to stain; to darken; -- used literally and figuratively; as, to sully a sword; to sully a person's reputation.

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To soil, or change the appearance of, especially by an alternation induced by the air, or by dust, or the like; to diminish, dull, or destroy the lus…

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A little or spot in or anything, of a different substance or color from that of the thing itself.

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A little or spot in or anything, of a different substance or color from that of the thing itself.

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A mark on a substance or body made by foreign matter; a blot; a place discolored.

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A mark on a substance or body made by foreign matter; a blot; a place discolored.

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To spot, stain, or bespatter, as with ink.

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A flake; also, a lock, as of wool.

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A mark on a substance or body made by foreign matter; a blot; a place discolored.

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