What is to hit or touch lightly, in tilting. [Obs.] They tainted each other on the helms and passed by. Ld. Berners called?
taint — To hit or touch lightly, in tilting. [Obs.] They tainted each other on the helms and passed by. Ld. Berners. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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