What is to be affected with incipient putrefaction; as, meat soon taints in warm weather called?
taint — To be affected with incipient putrefaction; as, meat soon taints in warm weather. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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