Chodeverb
(archaic) chide
Taintnoun
A contamination, decay or putrefaction, especially in food.
Chodenoun
alternative spelling of choad
Taintnoun
A tinge, trace or touch.
Chode
the old imp. of chide. See Chide.
Taintnoun
A mark of disgrace, especially on one's character; blemish.
Taintnoun
(obsolete) tincture; hue; colour.
Taintnoun
(obsolete) infection; corruption; deprivation.
Taintnoun
(programming) A marker indicating that a variable is unsafe and should be subjected to additional security checks.
Taintnoun
A thrust with a lance, which fails of its intended effect.
Taintnoun
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.
Taintnoun
The perineum.
Taintverb
(transitive) To contaminate or corrupt (something) with an external agent, either physically or morally.
Taintverb
(transitive) To spoil (food) by contamination.
Taintverb
(intransitive) To be infected or corrupted; to be touched by something corrupting.
Taintverb
(intransitive) To be affected with incipient putrefaction.
‘Meat soon taints in warm weather.’;
Taintverb
To mark (a variable) as unsafe, so that operations involving it are subject to additional security checks.
Taintverb
To invalidate (a share capital account) by transferring profits into it.
Taintverb
(transitive) To damage, as a lance, without breaking it; also, to break, as a lance, but usually in an unknightly or unscientific manner.
Taintverb
(intransitive) To thrust ineffectually with a lance.
Taintnoun
A thrust with a lance, which fails of its intended effect.
‘This taint he followed with his sword drawn from a silver sheath.’;
Taintnoun
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.
Taintnoun
Tincture; hue; color; tinge.
Taintnoun
Infection; corruption; deprivation.
‘He had inherited from his parents a scrofulous taint, which it was beyond the power of medicine to remove.’;
Taintnoun
A blemish on reputation; stain; spot; disgrace.
Taintverb
To thrust ineffectually with a lance.
Taintverb
To injure, as a lance, without breaking it; also, to break, as a lance, but usually in an unknightly or unscientific manner.
‘Do not fear; I haveA staff to taint, and bravely.’;
Taintverb
To hit or touch lightly, in tilting.
‘They tainted each other on the helms and passed by.’;
Taintverb
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.
Taintverb
Fig.: To stain; to sully; to tarnish.
‘His unkindness may defeat my life,But never taint my love.’;
Taintverb
To be infected or corrupted; to be touched with something corrupting.
‘I can not taint with fear.’;
Taintverb
To be affected with incipient putrefaction; as, meat soon taints in warm weather.
Taintverb
Aphetic form of Attaint.
Taintnoun
the state of being contaminated
Taintverb
place under suspicion or cast doubt upon;
‘sully someone's reputation’;
Taintverb
contaminate with a disease or microorganism
