distain
[ dih-steyn ]
verb (used with object)Archaic.
to discolor; stain; sully.
Origin of distain
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How to use distain in a sentence
It was doubtless precisely because she distained certain forms of feminine barter that she got so much for nothing.
Hilda | Sarah Jeanette DuncanHe was dressed in a gray-flannel gown and short breeches, the stockings wrinkled and distained, the feet in slippers.
Lucretia, Complete | Edward Bulwer-LyttonAnd that stretched on yon billows distained by their gore Missolonghi's assassins have gasped?
Mosaics of Grecian History | Marcius WillsonThe door, which was equipped with neither bell nor knocker, was blistered and distained.
The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde | Robert Louis StevensonThe first shred of evidence of this that Adua was indeed not a bountiful plant came when cattle distained his presence.
The Land of Look Behind | Paul Cameron Brown
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