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Stainless

Stainless \Stain"less\, a. Free from stain; immaculate.
--Shak.

The very care he took to keep his name Stainless, with some was evidence of shame.
--Crabbe.

Syn: Blameless; spotless; faultless. See Blameless.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
stainless

1580s, from stain (n.) + -less. Related: Stainlessly. Stainless steel is from 1917, a chromium-steel alloy (usually 14% chromium) used for cutlery, etc., so called because it is highly resistant to rust or tarnish.

Wiktionary
stainless

a. 1 Describing an alloy that is resistant to corrosion and discoloration. 2 Unmarked, spotless. n. Short for stainless steel.

WordNet
stainless

adj. of reputation; "his unsullied name"; "an untarnished reputation" [syn: unstained, unsullied, untainted, untarnished]

Wikipedia
Stainless

Stainless may refer to:

  • Stainless steel, a corrosion-resistant metal alloy
  • Stainless Games, a British video game developer
  • Stainless Broadcasting Company, a TV broadcaster based in Michigan, US
  • Stainless Banner, the second national flag of the Confederate States of America

Usage examples of "stainless".

Frozen embryosin liquid nitrogen were transported in a special stainless steel thermos lined with borosilicate glass called a dewar.

But beyond, and high above all, as if the spirits of the air had suddenly unveiled their bright abodes, placed in scaleless altitude in the stainless sky, heaven-kissing, companions of the unattainable ether, were the glorious Alps, clothed in dazzling robes of light by the setting sun.

Also the baronet, whose ancestors were all honourable men and stainless women, found it hard to overlook a certain royal bar-sinister, which had originated the Luxmore earldom, together with a few other blots which had tarnished that scutcheon since.

New York City, New York In the kitchen of his apartment, Ames added a bit of Chardonnay--the 1990 Reserve--to the two-quart copper-clad stainless pot holding the lobster and shitake sauce.

It was the same setup as before in a smaller spacetwo stainless steel tables side by side, but only one stereotaxic hat.

Every year I doubt not this stainless berry ripens here, and is unplucked by any knight of the Holy Grail who is worthy to eat it, and keeps alive, in the prodigality of nature, the tradition of the unperverted conditions of taste before the fall.

The metal of its stem and bowl was rough stainless steel, the kind with a grain, unpretty and all business.

Falling ill, he revisited home, and by the stainless affections, unwearied attentions, and devout routine there, was restored in soul as well as in body.

Satan here held his Babylonish court, and in the blood of stainless childhood the leprous limbs of phosphorescent Lilith were laved.

Concrete countertops, various shades of gray in the polished glass tile backsplash, stainless appliances.

He placed all three doubled baggies on a large stainless steel serving dish from the sideboard, and poured himself another Scotch from the bar.

He showed the baggies on their stainless steel tray, and then the chairs around the contaminated spot of carpet.

The heavy, square-linked gold Bhat chain around his neck could only have been bought in some midnight jewelry store on a back street in Bangkok, and the watch on his wrist was a gold Rolex with a stainless steel band.

The kitchens were cavernous, glistening with white porcelain tile and stainless steel cookers and bins that could serve eighteen thousand hot meals a day.

He circled a finger and Alf opened more of the red oak cabinetry to reveal a large reel-to-reel tape recorder, a stainless steel Grundig that began turning at once.