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TaintTaint Taint, v. t.
Aphetic form of Attaint. Taint
Taint Taint, v. i.
1. To be infected or corrupted; to be touched with something
corrupting.
I can not taint with fear. --Shak.
2. To be affected with incipient putrefaction; as, meat soon
taints in warm weather.
Taint
Taint Taint, n.
1. Tincture; hue; color; tinge. [Obs.]
2. Infection; corruption; deprivation.
He had inherited from his parents a scrofulous
taint, which it was beyond the power of medicine to
remove. --Macaulay.
3. A blemish on reputation; stain; spot; disgrace.
TaintTaint Taint, n. [Cf. F. atteinte a blow, bit, stroke. See
Attaint.]
1. A thrust with a lance, which fails of its intended effect.
[Obs.]
This taint he followed with his sword drawn from a
silver sheath. --Chapman.
2. An injury done to a lance in an encounter, without its
being broken; also, a breaking of a lance in an encounter
in a dishonorable or unscientific manner. [Obs.] TaintTaint Taint, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tainted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Tainting.]
To thrust ineffectually with a lance. [Obs.] Taint
Taint Taint, v. t.
1. To injure, as a lance, without breaking it; also, to
break, as a lance, but usually in an unknightly or
unscientific manner. [Obs.]
Do not fear; I have A staff to taint, and bravely.
--Massinger.
2. To hit or touch lightly, in tilting. [Obs.]
They tainted each other on the helms and passed by.
--Ld. Berners.
TaintTaint Taint, v. t. [F. teint, p. p. of teindre to dye, tinge,
fr. L. tingere, tinctum. See Tinge, and cf. Tint.]
1. To imbue or impregnate with something extraneous,
especially with something odious, noxious, or poisonous;
hence, to corrupt; to infect; to poison; as, putrid
substance taint the air.
2. Fig.: To stain; to sully; to tarnish.
His unkindness may defeat my life, But never taint
my love. --Shak.
Syn: To contaminate; defile; pollute; corrupt; infect;
disease; vitiate; poison.
Meaning of Taint from wikipedia
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Taint or
tainted may
refer to: Contamination, the
presence of a
minor and
unwanted element (a contaminant) a wine fault, such as cork
taint, ladybird...
- Cork
taint is a
broad term
referring to a wine
fault characterized by a set of
undesirable smells or
tastes found in a
bottle of wine,
especially spoilage...
- The most
common slang terms used for this area of the body are gooch,
taint, and grundle.
Other less
frequently used
slang include '****' and 'aintcha'...
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Taint checking is a
feature in some
computer programming languages, such as Perl and Ruby,
designed to
increase security by
preventing malicious users...
- Boar
taint is the
offensive odor or
taste that can be
evident during the
cooking or
eating of pork or pork
products derived from non-castrated male pigs...
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Taint Pluribus Taint Unum is the
debut studio album by the Minneapolis-based
noise rock band Cows,
released in 1987
through Treehouse Records. The first...
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Diacetyl rarely taints wine to
levels where it
becomes undrinkable.
Geranium taint, as the name suggests, is a
flavour and
aroma taint in wine reminiscent...
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Taint is a term used in the
legal field with
reference to
evidence that has been "
tainted" or
ruined in some manner. The most
common of such
usage is...
- "
Tainted Love" is a song
composed by Ed Cobb,
formerly of
American group the Four Preps,
which was
originally recorded by
Gloria Jones in 1964. It attained...
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Taintor is a surname.
Notable people with the
surname include: Anne
Taintor (born 1953),
American artist John
Taintor Foote (1881–1950),
American novelist...
