Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of tainting, or the state of being tainted.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare Taint; tinge; difilement; stain; spot.
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- noun obsolete
dirtiness ;uncleanliness
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Examples
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Mar. Gloucester, see here the tainture of thy nest;
Act II. Scene I. The Second Part of King Henry the Sixth 1914
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The least noise or tainture of the air excites their attention and places them instantly upon the alert.
ROCKY MOUNTAIN LIFE 1841
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