| Taint: English to English |
| Taint (n.) A blemish on reputation; stain; spot; disgrace. |
| Taint (n.) A thrust with a lance, which fails of its intended effect. |
| Taint (n.) 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. |
| Taint (n.) Infection; corruption; deprivation. |
| Taint (n.) Tincture; hue; color; tinge. |
| Taint (v. i.) To be affected with incipient putrefaction; as, meat soon taints in warm weather. |
| Taint (v. i.) To be infected or corrupted; to be touched with something corrupting. |
| Taint (v. i.) To thrust ineffectually with a lance. |
| Taint (v. t.) Fig.: To stain; to sully; to tarnish. |
| Taint (v. t.) To hit or touch lightly, in tilting. |
| Taint (v. t.) 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. |
| Taint (v. t.) To injure, as a lance, without breaking it; also, to break, as a lance, but usually in an unknightly or unscientific manner. |