That which taints or corrupts morally; as, the infection of vicious principles.
That which taints or destroys moral purity or health; as, the poison of evil example; the poison of sin.
To be affected with incipient putrefaction; as, meat soon taintsin warm weather.
Even in Paris, the world's capital, imperialism taints all it touches; and it is the great traditions of a noble nation which make that city still the home of art.
The least mixture of African, Indian, Moorish, or Jewish blood, taints a whole family to the most distant generation.
But the moment he attempts to reproach him, he banishes away like the schismatic taints of the rainbow, the cause of which it was the astonishing and perspiring genius of a Newton, who first deplored and enveloped the cause of it.
I haue known trees of good stature after they haue beene of diuers yeeres growth, & thriue well for a good time, perish for want of water, and very many by reason of taints in setting.
For proud sap vniuersally staied by remoual, euer hinders; often taintsand so presently, or in very short time kills.
Debt is the prolific mother of folly and of crime; it taints the course of life in all its dreams.
Impure water both taints and corrupts the product.
Soaking in whey, containing all its taints and impurities, is the source of a vast amount of foul rennet and off-flavored cheese.
If whey is used, it should be boiled to kill taints and precipitate, as far as possible, the solids remaining in it.
Therefore, we would again remind the reader of the necessity of keeping the bowels regular, and removing all morbid taints of the blood and faults of the secretory organs by the persistent use of Dr.
Mere innocence taints and spoils as surely before the influence of the world, as true principle flourishes in spite of it, and strengthens.
So grafted trees with shadowy summits rise, Spread their fair blossoms, and perfume the skies; Till canker taints the vegetable blood, Mines round the bark, and feeds upon the wood.
Clear away the fragments from one making, before beginning another sort, thus avoiding possible taintsand confusion.
I put myself to thy direction, and Unspeak mine own detraction, here abjure The taints and blames I laid upon myself, For strangers to my nature.
The second is to conduct the experiment where the germs are fewest, and in cleanly surroundings, far removed from decaying matter and free from taints and smells.
You're a better man now than any of the pedigreed dudes I know of, and as for taints in the blood, I could tell you of some of the sons of great men who have taints as bad as any child of the slums.
From thy blood-stained walls this deed Of nameless horror taints the skies; ill fare Thy mothers and thy children, youth and age, And offspring yet, unborn!
Here, bathed, perfection, in thy purest ray, Free from the clogs andtaints of clay, Hovers divine the archetypal man!
This, however, requires a little explanation, although it is the popular belief that hetaints the wine through the glass.
The fact is, he taints the cork, and the flavor of musk is communicated to the wine during the process of uncorking the bottle.
The author enters into the causes of mortality and points out that in addition to infant mortality, which has already been noticed, consumption, pneumonia, and vicious taints of blood are the most alarming ones.
The opinions of examining surgeons during the civil war are quoted which quite unanimously show that the Mulatto is strongly inclined to consumption, scrofula, and vicious taints of blood.
In our day a greater number of parents suffer from phthisical, scrofulous and other taints than in days gone by, and these and other taints are passed on to their children.
The latter depends entirely on the elimination of the hereditary and acquired constitutionaltaints and poisons.
By means of various marks, signs, abnormal colors and discolorations in the iris, Nature reveals transmitted diseasetaints and hereditary lesions.
The venereal taints and germs, however, are living things which grow and multiply until the body has been completely permeated by them.
They show that the underlying constitutional taints have not been fully eliminated--the weeds have not been pulled up by the roots.
Just imagine what human blood will be like in coming generations if this artificial contamination with all sorts of disease taints and drug poisons is to be forced upon the people!
These 'itch spots' indicate the organs and localities of the body in which the suppressed disease taints have concentrated.
The entire organism is shaken up to its very foundation; deep-seated, chronic disease taints are being stirred up throughout the system.
The chronic condition, therefore, represents the slow, cold type of disease, characterized by feeble, ineffectual efforts to eliminate the latent morbid taints and impediments from the system.
The poisonous taints circulating in the blood overstimulate or else depress and paralyze the brain and the nervous system.
By these it endeavors to put the human body in such a normal, healthy condition that it is practically proof against infection or contagion by disease taints and miasms, and against the inroads of germs, bacteria and parasites.
When these minute animals burrowing in and under the skin are killed by poisonous drugs and antiseptics, the morbid taints in their bodies are absorbed by the system and added to the psoriatic poisons which Nature has been trying to eliminate.
For example, many dog-breeders assert that if a thoroughbred bitch has ever had pups by a mongrel father, her later offspring, although sired by a thoroughbred, will show taints of the former mongrel mating.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "taints" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
