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staining

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Searchable Lemmata: steininge (ME), staining (OScots), staining (MdE).
Alternate Forms: stayning, staynyng, steneiinge, steining, stening, stenyng, steynyn, steynyng, steynynge.

    Definitions and Defining Citations:

1(vn.) Manufacture; the act of dyeing, painting, colouring or similarly adorning fabrics or clothing; the action of the verb stain (q.v.).(ante 1382 still in current use)
1. Also payd for betyng & steynynge of þe same penouns, vj s. Accounts. [MED Rec.St.Mary at Hill (64) 1426/1427]
2. Paide to Will. Milrede for xxx ell iij qrs of lynnencloth ... Item, to ye Steynour for steynyngs of ye same clothe, viij s. Accounts. [MED Acc.Bk.Carpenter Co. (3) 1439]
3. Steynyn, as steynyowrys [Win: steynowris]: Polo [Win: Polio]. Steynynge: Polimitacio. Stenyowre: Polimitarius. Gloss. Use of Latin polire 'to polish' in the sense 'to colour'. [MED PParv. ((Hrl 221) 473) 1440]
c.f.: polymite
ME, MdE, OScots; Primarily N/A.
Sex: Male, Female    Use: n/a    Status: n/a    Rank: n/a    Ceremonial: No
Body Parts: N/A.

    Etymological Evidence:

Definite, From the noun steinen (stain).
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