STAIN (3)

Stain, n. 1. 1. A discoloration by foreign matter; a spot; as, a stain on a garment or cloth. Shak.
2. 2. A natural spot of a color different from the gound.
Swift trouts, diversified with crimson stains. Pope. 3. 3. Taint of guilt; tarnish; disgrace; reproach.
Nor death itself can wholly wash their stains. Dryden. Our opinion . . . is, I trust, without any blemish or stain of heresy. Hooker. 4. 4. Cause of reproach; shame. Sir P. Sidney.
5. 5. A tincture; a tinge.
You have some stain of soldier in you. Shak. Syn. — Blot; spot; taint; pollution; blemish; tarnish; color; disgrace; infamy; shame.