A blemish or smear, especially a dark or sooty one.
Dense smoke, such as that used for fumigation.
A quantity of herbs used in suffumigation.
A heap of damp combustibles partially ignited and burning slowly, placed on the windward side of a house, tent, etc. to keep off mosquitoes or other insects.
To subject to ritual burning of herbs (suffumigation, smudging).
To stifle or smother with smoke.
To soil or smear with dirt.
To obscure by blurring; to smear.
To use dense smoke to protect from insects.
To burn herbs as a cleansing ritual (suffumigation).
A blemish on one's character or reputation.
A reagent or dye used to stain microscope specimens so as to make some structures visible.
A discoloured spot or area.
Any of a number of non-standard tinctures used in modern heraldry.
A substance used to soak into a surface and colour it.
To cause to seem inferior or soiled by comparison.
To coat a surface with a stain
To treat (a microscopic specimen) with a dye, especially one that dyes specific features
To taint or tarnish someone's character or reputation
To discolour.
To become stained; to take a stain.