Word Finder - stained

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To discolour.

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armour stained with blood

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To taint or tarnish someone's character or reputation

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To coat a surface with a stain

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the stained glass used for church windows

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To become stained; to take a stain.

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To treat (a microscopic specimen) with a dye, especially one that dyes specific features

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To cause to seem inferior or soiled by comparison.

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Having a stain

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Coloured by adding a pigment

Color stained his neck and spewed up into his face.

My fingertips are still stained a bit blue.

The cloak they spread under him was wet with blood which stained his breeches and arm.

They are stained deep red in dilute solution of alkanin.

She turned to see him motion her towards the jungle surrounding the lake.  His clothing was torn, and blood stained his skin.  He appeared to have been running; his boots were covered in mud that had splashed to his thighs, and his face was flushed.

Aren't they afraid of sinning?... said the same mob now, looking with pained distress at the dead body with its long, thin, half-severed neck and its livid face stained with blood and dust.

Staying at the bed and breakfast was a dramatic change of scene for Martha from Aunt Janet's cigarette stained trailer.

I want assurances from you and that horrid old Mr. O'Connor that the integrity of my family name will not be stained with unproven lies!

He needed a shave and his clothes were stained with something.

The walls were of stained pine, shellacked to a glow that reflected every ray of light that entered the large windows.

It was not completed, however, till the 19th century, when the west portal and towers and two bays of the nave were added, according to the plans of Violletle-Duc. The fine stained glass of the windows dates from the 13th to the 15th centuries.

She felt vindicated by the color that stained his dark cheeks.

The metal lair was much cooler than the air above ground, and water stained the walls on one side of the tunnel.

At once, she wished she'd told him to change into a new one and bring her the stained shirt.

The architecture of the department is chiefly displayed in its churches, many of which possess stained glass of the 16th century.

When fixed and stained this granular mass is resolved into a more or less distinct granular network which consists of a substance called Linin, only slightly stained by the ordinary nuclear stains, and, embedded in it, a more deeply stainable substance called Chromatin.

It was begun by Ugolino Vieri of Siena in 1337, and was made to contain the Holy Corporal from Bolsena, which, according to the legend, became miraculously stained with blood during the celebration of mass to convince a sceptical priest of the truth of the doctrine of transubstantiation.

The church of St Martin, dating from the i 5th century, has good stained glass.

Finally, in April 1995, a small group was assembled for full-time stained glasswork.

The timber system is available in clear lacquer, stained or colored finish.

The hardwood floor had not been stained.

It is remarkable for a porch ornamented in the richest Gothic style, and for its stained windows of the 16th century.

Fragments of Norman work areleft; the interior is elaborately adorned with sculptures and stained glass.

Make your jeans look faded, bleached, or tea stained just like the designer brands that cost so much money.

Accordingly, David is not to be condemned for failing to subdue the sensuality which is the chief stain on his character, but should rather be judged by his habitual recognition of a generous standard of conduct, by the undoubted purity and lofty justice of an administration which was never stained by selfish considerations or motives of personal rancour, 5 and finally by the calm 3 See Hebrew Religion, Messiah, Prophet.

The abbey church contained famous stained glass, and some of this is preserved in the neighbouring church at Morley.

The parish churches of Dronfield, Hathersage (with some notable stained glass), Sandiacre and Tideswell exemplify the Decorated period; the last is a particularly stately and beautiful building, with a lofty and ornate western tower and some good early brasses.

The art of making stained xxv11.3 2 a glass windows was not practised by the Venetians; almost the only fine glass in Venice is that in a south transept window in the Dominican church, which, though designed by able Venetian painters, is obviously the work of foreigners.

He left his retirement, secured the support of the army and marched upon Constantinople, where his advent was stained by a cruel massacre of the Latin inhabitants.

The central tower and the south portal (13th century) are the chief features of its simple exterior; in the interior, the decorative work, notably the chapel-screens and some fine stained glass, is remarkable.

The churches of St Etienne and St Jean, both of the Renaissance period with later additions, preserve stained glass of the 16th century.

The stained glass both in the cathedral and in other churches of the city is particularly noteworthy; its survival may be traced to the stipulation made by the citizens when surrendering to parliament in the civil wars that it should not be damaged.

The statuary of the lateral portals, the stained glass of the 13th century, and the choir-screen of the Renaissance are all unique from the artistic standpoint.

The abbey church of St Pierre, dating chiefly from the 1 3 th century, contains, besides some fine stained glass, twelve representations of the apostles in enamel, executed about 1 547 by Leonard Limosin.

The game-pies and other delicacies of Chartres are well known, and the industries also include flour-milling, brewing, distilling, iron-founding, leather manufacture, dyeing, and the manufacture of stained glass, billiard requisites, hosiery, &c.

The church of St Martin is ancient, and contains stained glass from Cartmel priory in Furness.

The modern stained glass in the chancel is reckoned amongst the finest in Scotland.

In dressing mica the "books" are split along the cleavage into sheets of the required thickness, and the sheets trimmed into rectangles with a sharp knife, shears or guillotine, stained and damaged portions being rejected.

The cathedral contains some fine stained glass, the largest organ in Germany (1856), and a number of interesting old paintings and carvings by Jorg Syrlin the elder, Jorg Syrlin the younger, Burkhard Engelberger, and other masters of the Swabian school.

Leather-working and the manufacture of stained glass are leading industries.

The certainty with which tissues can now be fixed in the state they were in when living, and the delicacy with which they can be stained differentially, have been the means of opening up a new world of exploration.

Fragments of coal, or soil stained black with coal, will be found near the outcrop tif coal beds.

The outcrop of a metalliferous vein frequently manifests itself as a line of rocks stained with oxide of iron, often honeycombed and porous, the " gossan " or " eisen-hut," the iron oxide of which results from the decomposition of the pyrites, usually present as a constituent of such veins.

Its west portal, the decoration of the spire of the tower, and its stained glass are among the features which make it one of the finest churches of the Rouen diocese.

The central vent displays considerable activity, while the rocky walls are stained with red, yellow and white deposits from numerous minor vents.

Maria del Calcinaio, a fine early Renaissance building by Francesco di Giorgio Martini of Siena, with fine stained glass windows.

Among the public institutions of the city should be mentioned the public library, picture gallery, botanical garden, and the institute for the making of stained glass.

His successor succeeded in further aggrandizing the Bundela state, but he is represented to have been a notorious plunderer, and his character is further stained by the assassination of the celebrated Abul Fazl, the prime minister and historian of Akbar.

In her haste she dropped her veil, which the lion tore to pieces with jaws stained with the blood of an ox.

The choir-stalls and screen (1510) are finely carved, and of further interest are the ancient pulpit sounding-board (1432), some old stained glass, and the small models of ships, copies dating from 1638 of yet earlier models originally presented by the Dutch-Swedish Trading Company.