STAIN, STAINED, STAINING
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.