(a.) To soil, or change the appearance of, especially by an
alternation induced by the air, or by dust, or the like; to diminish,
dull, or destroy the luster of; to sully; as, to tarnish a metal; to
tarnish gilding; to tarnish the purity of color.
(v. i.) To lose luster; to become dull; as, gilding will
tarnish in a foul air.
(n.) The quality or state of being tarnished; stain; soil;
blemish.
(n.) A thin film on the surface of a metal, usually due to a
slight alteration of the original color; as, the steel tarnish in
columbite.
