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A contamination, decay or putrefaction, especially in food

A mark of disgrace, especially on one's character; blemish

Tincture; hue; colour

Infection; corruption; deprivation

To contaminate or corrupt (something) with an external agent, either physically or morally.

To spoil (food) by contamination.

To be infected or corrupted; to be touched by something corrupting.

To be affected with incipient putrefaction.

Example: Meat soon taints in warm weather.

A thrust with a lance, which fails of its intended effect.

An injury done to a lance in an encounter, without its being broken; also, a breaking of a lance in an encounter in a dishonorable or unscientific manner.

To damage, as a lance, without breaking it; also, to break, as a lance, but usually in an unknightly or unscientific manner.

To hit or touch lightly, in tilting.

To thrust ineffectually with a lance.

The perineum.