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

To cause to seem inferior or soiled by comparison.

To give or receive a stain; to grow dim.

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

A natural spot of a color different from the gound.

Taint of guilt; tarnish; disgrace; reproach.

Cause of reproach; shame.

A tincture; a tinge.