Both Uses of
tarnish
in
The Scarlet Letter
- Here, before his own wife has greeted him, you may greet the sea-flushed ship-master, just in port, with his vessel's papers under his arm in a tarnished tin box.
p. 11.3tarnished = with a loss of shine
- My imagination was a tarnished mirror.
p. 29.1 *tarnished = with a loss of shine or with spots
Definitions:
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(1)
(tarnish as in: tarnished silver) undesired loss of shine or spotting on a metal surface
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(2)
(tarnish as in: tarnished her reputation) damage -- usually to reputation or image
- (3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)