•A thrust with a lance, which fails of its intended effect.•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.•To thrust ineffectually with a lance.•To injure, as a lance, without breaking it; also, to break, as a lance, but usually in an unknightly or unscientific manner.•To hit or touch lightly, in tilting.•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.•Fig.: To stain; to sully; to tarnish.•To be infected or corrupted; to be touched with something corrupting.•To be affected with incipient putrefaction; as, meat soon taints in warm weather.•Tincture; hue; color; tinge.•Infection; corruption; deprivation.•A blemish on reputation; stain; spot; disgrace.

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