Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for AT-TAINT
AT-TAINT, n.
- A stain, spot or taint. [See Taint.] – Shak.
- Any thing injurious; that which impairs. [Obs.] – Shak.
- A blow or wound on the hinder feet of a horse. – Farriery.
- A writ which lies after judgment against a jury for giving a false verdict in any court of record.
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