attaint

Example Sentences

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The defendant, when sued in England on a bill, pleaded the attaint of the plaintiff, who had received the pardon of Macquarie.

From The History of Tasmania , Volume II by West, John

And the knight was inclined to attaint his lady for a certain cruelty in the matter; she was being something less than fair to the Unspeakable Perk.

From The Unspeakable Perk by Adams, Samuel Hopkins

The tender of a ship or of a locomotive is the attender, and taint is aphetic for attaint, Fr. atteinte, touch— "I will not poison thee with my attaint."

From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Weekley, Ernest

Beaming in beauty, supreme in virtue, the resplendent aegis of truth shields her from attaint!

From Anna St. Ives by Holcroft, Thomas

You, reverend sir," said the knight, "have, in the encounter of our wits, made a fair attaint; whereas I may be in some sort said to have broken my staff across.

From The Monastery by Scott, Walter, Sir