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. --
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.
Stain, v. i. To give or receive a stain; to grow dim.
Stain, n. 1. A discoloration by foreign matter; a spot; as, a stain on
a garment or cloth. Shak.