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Tarnish

(a.) To soil, or change the appearance of, especially by an alternation induced by the air, or by dust, or the like; to diminish, dull, or destroy the luster of; to sully; as, to tarnish a metal; to tarnish gilding; to tarnish the purity of color.


Tarnish - Other Definitions

  • (a.) To soil, or change the appearance of, especially by an alternation induced by the air, or by dust, or the like; to diminish, dull, or destroy the luster of; to sully; as, to tarnish a metal; to tarnish gilding; to tarnish the purity of color.

  • (v. i.) To lose luster; to become dull; as, gilding will tarnish in a foul air.

  • (n.) The quality or state of being tarnished; stain; soil; blemish.

  • (n.) A thin film on the surface of a metal, usually due to a slight alteration of the original color; as, the steel tarnish in columbite.

  • (imp. & p. p.) of Tarnish

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