taint
- Noun. A contamination, decay or putrefaction, especially in food.
- Noun. A mark of disgrace, especially on one's character.
- Verb. To contaminate or corrupt (something) with an external agent, either physically or morally.
- Verb. To spoil (food) by contamination.
- Noun. A thrust with a lance, which fails of its intended effect.
- 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.
- Noun. (slang) The perineum.
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