v. [f. BE- 1 + STAIN v.] trans. To stain (a thing) over its surface, to mark with stains. Hence Bestained ppl. a.
1559. Mirr. Mag., 360 (R.). His skin with blood and teares so sore bestain’d.
1595. Shaks., John, IV. iii. 24. We will not lyne his thin bestained cloake With our pure Honors.
1869. J. Baldw. Brown, Div. Myst., I. iv. 93. The tear-drops, the blood-drops, that bestain His steps.
1877. Plumptre, Sophocles, 133. With his spears all blood-bestained.
