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

To dye; to tinge with a different color; as, to stain cloth.

To impress with figures, in colors different from the ground; as, to stain paper for hangings.

To blot; to soil; to spot with guilt or infamy; to tarnish; to bring reproach on; as, to stain the character. Of honor void, of innocence, of faith, of purity, our wonted ornaments now soild and staind.

A spot; discoloration from foreign matter; as a stain on a garment or cloth.&

A natural spot of a color different from the ground. Swift trouts, diversified with crimson stains.

Taint of guilt; tarnish; disgrace; reproach; as the stain of sin. Nor death itself can wholly wash their stains. Our opinion is, I hope, without any blemish or stain of heresy.

Cause of reproach; shame. Hereby I will lead her that is the praise and yet the stain of all womankind.