·noun Tincture; hue; color; tinge.
II. Taint ·noun Infection; corruption; deprivation.
III. Taint ·vt To hit or touch lightly, in tilting.
IV. Taint ·vi To thrust ineffectually with a lance.
V. Taint ·add. ·vt Aphetic form of Attaint.
VI. Taint ·noun A blemish on reputation; stain; spot; disgrace.
VII. Taint ·noun A thrust with a lance, which fails of its intended effect.
VIII. Taint ·vi To be infected or corrupted; to be touched with something corrupting.
IX. Taint ·vi To be affected with incipient putrefaction; as, meat soon taints in warm weather.
X. Taint ·vt Fig.: To stain; to Sully; to Tarnish.
XI. Taint ·vt To injure, as a lance, without breaking it; also, to break, as a lance, but usually in an unknightly or unscientific manner.
XII. Taint ·noun 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.
XIII. Taint ·vt 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.