Reverse Dictionary: STAIN

ADJECTIVES
..700 FAW coloured, stained, streaked; particoloured, variegated → obs.
1430 IMBRUED stained, dyed, etc., esp. with blood or slaughter
1624 IMMACULABLE incapable of stain → obs.
1646 MACULATED spotted, stained, defiled, polluted
1797 TAINTED tinted, stained → obs.
1814 SANGUINED stained with blood
1862 SMITTED stained, marked → Eng. dial.
1902 LAMPERED mottled, stained → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1904 SCAMY stained, blotched, having patchy marks → Sc. (Bk.)


NOUNS
1000 SMIT a spot; a stain; a blemish → obs.
1400 SMOD stain, filth → obs.
1425 TACK a spot, a stain, a blemish → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1450 MACULATION the act of spotting or staining; a being spotted or defiled
1530 SMUTCH a black or dirty mark; a stain; a smudge
1532 SMOT a spot, a stain, a mark, a blot → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1593 TAINTURE tainting, staining, stain, defilement, pollution, infection → obs.
1601 TINCTURE the act of dyeing, staining, or colouring → obs.
1602 SULLEY → SULLY an act of sullying, soiling, or polluting; a stain, a blemish → obs.
1623 DECOLORATION discoloration, a staining → obs.
1640 TINCTURE a stain, a blemish → obs.
1664 SMUT a black mark or stain; a smudge
1688 SMIRCH a dirty mark or smear; a stain; a smudge
1828 SPRENT a spot, mark, or stain as caused by a liquid being splashed or sprinkled → chiefly Eng. dial.
1861 SUDDLE a stain, a spot → Sc.
1865 MAIL a spot, a mark, a stain → Sc. & Eng. dial. obs.
1869 SULSH a spot; a stain → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1870 BLACK dark discolouring stain; dirt → Eng. dial.
1875 CANTEEN MEDAL a beer or food stain on one’s tunic → army sl.
1881 SCAM a spot, a mark, a stain; a blemish → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1905 TASH a stain, a spot, a drop, a blemish, a flaw → Sc. (Bk.)
1953 GAIR a dirty streak or stain on clothes → Sc.
1990 SKID-MARKS any form of bodily stain → sl.


VERBS
1000 SMIT to stain; to soil; to colour; to tinge → obs.
1000 SMITE to pollute; to taint; to stain → obs.
1225 BESMIT vb. to stain; to infect, as with disease; to contaminate → obs.
1420 WANHEW → WANHUE to stain → Sc. obs.
1430 IMBRUE to stain, to dirty; to defile → obs.
1432 MACULATE to spot, stain, soil, defile, pollute
1484 MACULE to spot, to stain → obs.
1513 SMOTTER to bespatter; to soil or stain → Sc.
1525 SMAD to cover with dirt or grime; to stain, to discolour → Sc.
1548 POLLUTE to make physically impure, foul, or filthy; to dirty, to stain, to taint
1576 BERAY to befoul, to stain, to disfigure; to asperse, to cover with abuse → obs.
1591 SANGUINE to stain or paint a sanguine (red) colour → obs.
1610 BESMUT to stain, to sully
1610 SANGUINE to stain with blood → obs.
1615 SMIRCH to stain, smear or befoul with something dirty or having staining properties
1618 DECOLOUR to discolour, to stain → obs.
1623 DECOLORATE to discolour, to stain → obs.
1677 MAIL to spot, to discolour, to stain → Sc. & Eng. dial. obs.
1829 TASH to soil, to tarnish, to stain, to dirty; to bespatter; to spoil slightly → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1879 DOUBLE-DYE to imbue or stain deeply
1904 SCAM to stain, to discolour; to bespatter → Sc. & Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1990 SKID-MARK to stain → sl.