restainv.
/ˌriːˈsteɪn/, U.S. /riˈsteɪn/ transitive. To stain again; (now esp.) to apply a fresh coat of a penetrative dye to a wooden object.
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1843 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 6 357/2 They have also been re-stained and varnished.
1905 Macmillan's Mag. Dec. 95 She could have fairly considered the respective merits of old oak or walnut for re-staining the floor.
2009 Toronto Star (Nexis) 24 Mar. gt 3 The city recently spent $4,000 to sandblast and restain a section of wooden fence on the east side of Highway 400 that had been defaced with graffiti.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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