Staining
['steiniŋ]
Definition
(noun.) (histology) the use of a dye to color specimens for microscopic study.
(noun.) the act of spotting or staining something.
Checked by Alissa--From WordNet
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stain
Inputed by Hahn
Examples
- By strange stern ways, and through much staining blood, those feet had come to meet that water. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- One of the most important and lucrative industrial processes of the world to-day is that of staining and dyeing. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- That trick of staining the fishes' scales of a delicate pink is quite peculiar to China. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
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