taint2+ (tant)

[A var. of tent2, tempt. Cf. taunt1.] I. trans. 1. To touch or hit in tilting; reach with a thrust, as of a lance or other weapon. The ii. course they tainted eche other on ye helmes and pa ed by. Berners , tr. of Froi art's Chron., II. clxviii. This lovely boy.. bestrid a Scythian steed, Trotting the ring and tilting at a glove, Which when he tainted with his slender rod, He reined him straight. Marlowe , Tamburlaine the Great, II., 1. 3. 2. To thrust, as a lance or other weapon, especially in tilting. He will taint a staff well at tilt. B. Jonson, Every Man out of his Humour, ii. 1. IMG:content-2780.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-2781.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-2782.png:[blocks in formation]