Cause of reproach; shame.

A tincture; a tinge.

To give or receive a stain; to grow dim.

Taint of guilt; tarnish; disgrace; reproach.

A discoloration by foreign matter; a spot; as, a stain on a
garment or cloth.

To cause to seem inferior or soiled by comparison.

To color, as wood, glass, paper, cloth, or the like, by
processess affecting, chemically or otherwise, the material itself; to
tinge with a color or colors combining with, or penetrating, the
substance; to dye; as, to stain wood with acids, colored washes, paint
rubbed in, etc.; to stain glass.

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

To spot with guilt or infamy; to bring reproach on; to
blot; to soil; to tarnish.

A natural spot of a color different from the gound.