Contaminating trace
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• | 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 thrust ineffectually with a lance. |
• | To injure, 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 imbue or impregnate with something extraneous, especially with something odious, noxious, or poisonous; hence, to corrupt; to infect; to poison; as, putrid substance taint the air. |
• | Fig.: To stain; to sully; to tarnish. |
• | To be infected or corrupted; to be touched with something corrupting. |
• | To be affected with incipient putrefaction; as, meat soon taints in warm weather. |
• | Tincture; hue; color; tinge. |
• | Infection; corruption; deprivation. |
• | A blemish on reputation; stain; spot; disgrace. |
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