Taint vs. Perineum

Taintnoun

A contamination, decay or putrefaction, especially in food.

Taintnoun

A tinge, trace or touch.

Taintnoun

A mark of disgrace, especially on one's character; blemish.

Taintnoun

(obsolete) tincture; hue; colour.

Taintnoun

(obsolete) infection; corruption; deprivation.

Taintnoun

(programming) A marker indicating that a variable is unsafe and should be subjected to additional security checks.

Taintnoun

A thrust with a lance, which fails of its intended effect.

Taintnoun

An injury done to a lance in an encounter, without its being broken; also, a breaking of a lance in an encounter in a dishonorable or unscientific manner.

Taintnoun

The perineum.

Taintverb

(transitive) To contaminate or corrupt (something) with an external agent, either physically or morally.

Taintverb

(transitive) To spoil (food) by contamination.

Taintverb

(intransitive) To be infected or corrupted; to be touched by something corrupting.

Taintverb

(intransitive) To be affected with incipient putrefaction.

Taintverb

To mark (a variable) as unsafe, so that operations involving it are subject to additional security checks.

Taintverb

To invalidate (a share capital account) by transferring profits into it.

Taintverb

(transitive) To damage, as a lance, without breaking it; also, to break, as a lance, but usually in an unknightly or unscientific manner.

Taintverb

(intransitive) To thrust ineffectually with a lance.

Taintnoun

A thrust with a lance, which fails of its intended effect.

Taintnoun

An injury done to a lance in an encounter, without its being broken; also, a breaking of a lance in an encounter in a dishonorable or unscientific manner.

Taintnoun

Tincture; hue; color; tinge.

Taintnoun

Infection; corruption; deprivation.

Taintnoun

A blemish on reputation; stain; spot; disgrace.

Taintverb

To thrust ineffectually with a lance.

Taintverb

To injure, as a lance, without breaking it; also, to break, as a lance, but usually in an unknightly or unscientific manner.

Taintverb

To hit or touch lightly, in tilting.

Taintverb

To imbue or impregnate with something extraneous, especially with something odious, noxious, or poisonous; hence, to corrupt; to infect; to poison; as, putrid substance taint the air.

Taintverb

Fig.: To stain; to sully; to tarnish.

Taintverb

To be infected or corrupted; to be touched with something corrupting.

Taintverb

To be affected with incipient putrefaction; as, meat soon taints in warm weather.

Taintverb

Aphetic form of Attaint.

Taintnoun

the state of being contaminated

Taintverb

place under suspicion or cast doubt upon;

Taintverb

contaminate with a disease or microorganism

Perineumnoun

(anatomy) The region between the vulva and anus in women and the scrotum and anus in men.

Perineumnoun

The region which is included within the outlet of the pelvis, and is traversed by the urinogenital canal and the rectum.

Perineumnoun

the general region between the anus and the genital organs

Perineum

The perineum in humans is the space between the anus and scrotum in the male, or frenulum labiorum pudendi in the female. The perineum is the region of the body between the pubic symphysis (pubic arch) and the coccyx (tail bone), including the perineal body and surrounding structures.