Staining

Word STAINING
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Definitions and meanings of "Staining"

What do we mean by staining?

To discolour.

To taint or tarnish someone's character or reputation

To coat a surface with a stain

To become stained; to take a stain.

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

To cause to seem inferior or soiled by comparison.

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The word "staining" in example sentences

Our comprehension of Peckitt's manuscript treatise on glass painting and staining is enhanced by the existence of objects that were probably colored using the techniques he describes in that work. ❋ Unknown (2006)

I only want to mention that he had moreover already given a significant development to techniques in staining and microscopic investigation as well as in the field of experiment in his earliest work. ❋ Unknown (1967)

Such revolutionary staining, which is still in use nowadays and is named after him (Golgi staining or Golgi impregnation) impregnates a limited number of neurons at random ❋ Unknown (1998)

He threw them open to find a pale light of a color he could neither describe nor name staining the marble facades of the palazzi along the no. ❋ Lustbader, Eric (1983)

But his position as the Duke of Castile's son forbids the notion of staining his own hands in blood. ❋ Arnold Wynne (N/A)

Having seized upon the idea of staining cheap material, she had carried it out in a set of low bookcases across the end and one side of the room. ❋ Henry Hutt (1912)

But I recoiled in horror from the idea of staining my hands with the blood of a little child -- yet I feared if I came near you -- if I saw your clinging affectionately to Vitangela -- if I heard you innocently and unconsciously mock me by calling me 'father!' ❋ Unknown (1846)

"The double image front and back of a scourged and crucified man, barely visible on the linen cloth of the Shroud of Turin, has many physical and chemical characteristics that are so particular that the staining, which is identical in all its facets, would be impossible to obtain today in a laboratory," the report says. ❋ RHEANA MURRAY (2011)

Mrs. Mortimer noted her sparkling glances which took in everything, and went out of her way to show Saxon around, doing it under the guise of gleeful boastings, stating the costs of the different materials, explaining how she had done things with her own hands, such as staining the doors, weathering the bookcases, and putting together the big Mission Morris chair. ❋ Unknown (2010)

And "staining" vs. "non-staining", if you go back far enough I never worked with Pyrocatechol myself. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Those vertical bands look to me like some kind of staining, very common with these sandstones. ❋ Unknown (2009)

In practice, this procedure is also called "staining", although the mode of action is different compared to the actual staining. ❋ Unknown (1993)

Talking of '' staining '' (as Caleb Quotem says) 'puts me in mind' of a certain couplet, which Mr. Campbell will find in a writer for whom he, and his school, have no small contempt: -- ❋ George Gordon Byron Byron (1806)

In addition, this method does not require any kind of additional staining, meaning the density of the biological structures can be observed directly. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Tyre tracks or "staining" left by vehicles leaking oil was up and "tag" graffiti has also increased. ❋ Unknown (2010)

A pair of black runner boots found in a wardrobe at the house showed airborne blood staining, meaning the boots had been "nearby when blood matching Celine Cawley's travelled through the air". ❋ Unknown (2010)

The rental property owners have annually spent money on repairs and maintenance such as staining, re-nailing, siding replacement, deck foundation repairs, windows / screens, and parking lot repaving and repairs, etc. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Special circumstances such as staining or excessive wrinkling may arise and you have to dry-clean sooner than suggested, however, you should always go as long as possible. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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