Stain: alternatives and connections

Something blunt and round; a small drop or lump of something viscid or thick; a drop; a bubble; a blister.

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Something blunt and round; a small drop or lump of something viscid or thick; a drop; a bubble; a blister.

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

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

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To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.

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The act of appearing or coming into sight; the act of becoming visible to the eye; as, his sudden appearance surprised me.

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Something blunt and round; a small drop or lump of something viscid or thick; a drop; a bubble; a blister.

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

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To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

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A property depending on the relations of light to the eye, by which individual and specific differences in the hues and tints of objects are apprehen…

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See Color.

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The state of being dirty; filthiness; foulness; nastiness; baseness; sordidness.

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To stain; to color; to give a new and permanent color to, as by the application of dyestuffs.

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A wandering; a roving or irregular course.

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Defect; want; lack; default.

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

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To make or form amiss; to spoil in making.

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To change somewhat the form or qualities of; to alter somewhat; as, to modify a contrivance adapted to some mechanical purpose; to modify the terms o…

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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 visible sign or representation of an idea; anything which suggests an idea or quality, or another thing, as by resemblance or by convention; an emb…

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To make dark or black; to deprive of light; to obscure; as, a darkened room.

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To plunge or immerse; especially, to put for a moment into a liquid; to insert into a fluid and withdraw again.

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To make black, or stain black, in imitation of ebony; as, to ebonize wood.

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A massive, compact limestone; a variety of calcite, capable of being polished and used for architectural and ornamental purposes. The color varies fr…

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Foul matter, like soot or coal dust; also, a spot or soil made by such matter.

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A beat of drum, or sound of a trumpet or bugle, at night, giving notice to soldiers to retreat, or to repair to their quarters in garrison, or to the…

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One of the vessels which carry blood, either venous or arterial, to the heart. See Artery, 2.

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That which one merits or deserves, either of good or ill; desert.

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To burn superficially; to parch, or shrivel, the surface of, by heat; to subject to so much heat as changes color and texture without consuming; as,…

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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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See Color.

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See Color.

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To alter the natural hue or color of; to change to a different color; to stain; to tinge; as, a drop of wine will discolor water; silver is discolore…

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To alter the natural hue or color of; to change to a different color; to stain; to tinge; as, a drop of wine will discolor water; silver is discolore…

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To stain; to color; to give a new and permanent color to, as by the application of dyestuffs.

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To stain; to color; to give a new and permanent color to, as by the application of dyestuffs.

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To spot; to stain; to blur.

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To spot; to stain; to blur.

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A spot.

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A spot.

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A license of reprisals. See Marque.

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A license of reprisals. See Marque.

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One who stains or tarnishes.

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One who stains or tarnishes.

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of Stain

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of Stain

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A notorious profligate or criminal who has been branded; one who bears the marks of infamy or punishment.

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A notorious profligate or criminal who has been branded; one who bears the marks of infamy or punishment.

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

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A burning piece of wood; or a stick or piece of wood partly burnt, whether burning or after the fire is extinct.

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

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Any foul of filthy substance, as excrement, mud, dust, etc.; whatever, adhering to anything, renders it foul or unclean; earth; as, a wagonload of di…

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The act of discoloring, or the state of being discolored; alteration of hue or appearance.

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To stain; to color; to give a new and permanent color to, as by the application of dyestuffs.

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Foul matter; anything that soils or defiles; dirt; nastiness.

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Animal fat, as tallow or lard, especially when in a soft state; oily or unctuous matter of any kind.

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Foul matter; dirt, rubbed in; sullying blackness, deeply ingrained.

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To spot; to stain; to blur.

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A license of reprisals. See Marque.

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To overspread with anything unctuous, viscous, or adhesive; to daub; as, to smear anything with oil.

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To smear with something which stains, or makes dirty; to smutch; to begrime; to soil; to sully.

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To feed, as cattle or horses, in the barn or an inclosure, with fresh grass or green food cut for them, instead of sending them out to pasture; hence…

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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 made with a burning iron; a brand.

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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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