Obs. rare.
1. [Aphetic form of ATTAINT ppl. a.] a. Attainted, convicted. b. Affected, seized, struck. c. Exhausted.
c. 1330. R. Brunne, Chron. Wace (Rolls), 5164. Recreaunt & teynt. Ibid., 10903. Ful of yre, wyþ colour [= choler] teint.
c. 1380. Sir Ferumb., 2822. Gyoun þanne was teynt & paal: so longe he hadde yuaste.
1496. Dives & Paup. (W. de Worde), II. xvii. 129/1. He sholde be taken as a conuycte and a taynt [perh. ataynt] traytour.
1706. Phillips (ed. Kersey), Taint, Convicted of a Crime, as Treason, Felony, etc.
2. [Shortened pa. pple. of TAINT v.] = TAINTED; infected, corrupt.
1620. Quarles, Jonah, ix. Medit. H ij b. Their seruice is vnsweet, and foully taint.
1743. Lond. & Country Brew., IV. (ed. 2), 330. Such casks … will grow furry, taint, and stinking.
