"Taint" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL, ENGLISH
A conviction of felony, or tbe person so convicted. Cowell
Tincture; hue; color; tinge.
To thrust ineffectually with a lance.
To be affected with incipient putrefaction; as, meat soon
taints in warm weather.
To injure, as a lance, without breaking it; also, to
break, as a lance, but usually in an unknightly or unscientific manner.
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 be infected or corrupted; to be touched with something
corrupting.
A thrust with a lance, which fails of its intended effect.
A blemish on reputation; stain; spot; disgrace.
Fig.: To stain; to sully; to tarnish.
Infection; corruption; deprivation.
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.
We decided to leave early, you wouldn't want to be there in the end, when the lights came on. You'd never sit down in here again. In a depressing shuffle we pushed to the door, now it was good to get up and out, while it was still a black hole, warm, and smokey, full of possibilities...
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