Definition of Distained

1. Verb. (rare) (past of distain) ¹

2. Adjective. (rare) stained, discoloured, tarnished ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Distained

1. distain [v] - See also: distain

Lexicographical Neighbors of Distained

dissyllabizes
dissyllabizing
dissyllable
dissyllables
dissymmetric
dissymmetrical
dissymmetrically
dissymmetries
dissymmetry
dissympathy
distad
distaff
distaff side
distaffs
distain
distained (current term)
distaining
distains
distal caries
distal convoluted tubule
distal end
distal end cutter
distal goal
distal ileitis
distal interphalangeal joints
distal muscular dystrophy
distal occlusion
distal part of anterior lobe of hypophysis

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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