2. Adjective. (rare) stained, discoloured, tarnished ¹
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Definition of Distained
1. distain [v] - See also: distain
Lexicographical Neighbors of Distained
Literary usage of Distained
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1901)
"The shepherd of Banbury, where he treats of rainbows, says nothing of water-gall»,
p. 46. And round about her tear-distained eye. ..."
2. The Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare, Evangeline Maria O'Connor (1901)
"The line as it stands in the text seems to mean, ' I live distained (ie stained),
if untrue to my marriage vows; you, however, ..."
3. The Poets and Poetry of Europe: With Introductions and Biographical Notices by Cornelius Conway Felton (1845)
"Such quantities of blood the brook distained, It many days both warm and red
remained ; That brook which heretofore had ..."
4. Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare (1905)
"Heath's reading will bear the meaning " I live distained, thou being dishonoured,"
or, as he puts it, ... to dishonour thyself, I also live distained. ..."
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