Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A coloring or dyeing substance; a pigment.
- noun An imparted color; a tint.
- noun A quality that colors, pervades, or distinguishes.
- noun A trace or vestige.
- noun An alcohol solution of a nonvolatile medicine.
- noun Heraldry A metal, color, or fur.
- transitive verb To stain or tint with a color.
- transitive verb To infuse, as with a quality; impregnate.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To imbue with color; impart a shade of color to; tinge; tint; stain.
- To give a peculiar taste, flavor, or character to; imbue; impregnate; season.
- To taint; corrupt.
- noun The color with which anything is imbued or impregnated; natural or distinctive coloring; tint; hue; shade of color.
- noun In heraldry, one of the metals, colors, or furs used in heraldic achievements.
- noun Something exhibiting or imparting a tint or shade of color; colored or coloring matter; pigment.
- noun Infused or derived quality or tone; distinctive character as due to some intermixture or influence; imparted tendency or inclination: used of both material and immaterial things; in alchemy, etc., a supposed spiritual principle or immaterial substance whose character or quality may be infused into material things, then said to be tinctured : as, tincture of the “Red Lion.”
- noun A shade or modicum of a quality or of the distinctive quality of something; a coloring or flavoring; a tinge; a taste; a spice; a smack: as, a tincture of garlic in a dish.
- noun A fluid containing the essential principles or elements of some substance diffused through it by solution; specifically, in medicine, a solution of a vegetable, an animal, or sometimes a mineral substance, in a menstruum of alcohol, sulphuric ether, or spirit of ammonia, prepared by maceration, digestion, or (now most commonly) percolation.
- noun Bitter tincture.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To communicate a slight foreign color to; to tinge; to impregnate with some extraneous matter.
- transitive verb To imbue the mind of; to communicate a portion of anything foreign to; to tinge.
- noun A tinge or shade of color; a tint.
- noun (Her.) One of the metals, colors, or furs used in armory.
- noun The finer and more volatile parts of a substance, separated by a solvent; an extract of a part of the substance of a body communicated to the solvent.
- noun (Med.) A solution (commonly colored) of medicinal substance in alcohol, usually more or less diluted; spirit containing medicinal substances in solution.
- noun a solution of medicinal substance in ether.
- noun A slight taste superadded to any substance.
- noun A slight quality added to anything; a tinge.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
pigment or other substance thatcolours ordyes . - noun A
tint , or an added colour. - noun heraldry A
colour ormetal used in the depiction of acoat of arms . - noun An
alcoholic extract ofplant material, used as amedicine . - noun humorous A small
alcoholic drink . - noun An essential
characteristic . - verb to
stain orimpregnate (something) with colour
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb stain or tint with a color
- noun an indication that something has been present
- noun a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color
- noun a substances that colors metals
- verb fill, as with a certain quality
- noun (pharmacology) a medicine consisting of an extract in an alcohol solution
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Expect to be audited by the government, and expect your auditors to be hired based on skin tincture, not ability.
The Year of the Rat 2008
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Thy tincture is that of the buffalo, and all souls shudder at thy sight.
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First, that in all other parts of Europe the ancient language subsisted after the conquest, and at length incorporated with that of the conquerors; whereas in England the Saxon language received little or no tincture from the Welsh; and it seems, even among the lowest people, to have continued a dialect of pure Teutonic to the time in which it was itself blended with the Norman.
The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 07 (of 12) Edmund Burke 1763
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Which reminds me of the word tincture, and not just because I was born on 4/20.
Glenwood Springs Post Independent - Top Stories April E. Clark Post Independent Glenwood Springs 2010
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Which reminds me of the word tincture, and not just because I was born on 4/20.
Glenwood Springs Post Independent - Top Stories April E. Clark Post Independent Glenwood Springs 2010
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And among them, one of the most valued is referred to as tincture of time.
David Katz, M.D.: How True To Life Are Medical Dramas? M.D. David Katz 2011
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This remedy is known as the tincture of _Apis mellifica_.
Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie
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Foxglove acts much more powerfully than the spirituous tincture, which is eight times stronger, and from this fact it may fairly be inferred that the presence of alcohol, as in the tincture, directly opposes the specific action of the plant.
Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie
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The acetic solution and the tincture are the cleanliest and most agreeable preparations, but all are equally efficacious in destroying both the creatures and their eggs, and even in relieving the intolerable itching which their casual presence leaves behind on many sensitive skins.
Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 Barkham Burroughs
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A teaspoonful of the tincture is a sufficient dose with one or two tablespoonfuls of cold water, three times in the day.
Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie
travismcdermott commented on the word tincture
Main Entry:
1tinc·ture Listen to the pronunciation of 1tincture
Pronunciation:
\ˈtiŋ(k)-chər\
Function:
noun
Etymology:
Middle English, from Latin tinctura act of dyeing, from tinctus, past participle of tingere to tinge
Date:
14th century
1 aarchaic : a substance that colors, dyes, or stains b: color, tint2 a: a characteristic quality : cast b: a slight admixture : trace 3obsolete : an active principle or extract4: a heraldic metal, color, or fur5: a solution of a medicinal substance in an alcoholic solvent
Merriam Webster
February 24, 2008
seanahan commented on the word tincture
Everything has chains, absolutely nothings changed.
Take my hand, not my picture, spilled my tincture.
February 26, 2008
bilby commented on the word tincture
Know, her quick blood, proud of his seat,
Runs dancing through her azure veins ;
Whose harmony no cold nor heat
Disturbs, whose hue no tincture stains :
And the hard rock, wherein it dwells,
The keenest darts of love repels.
- Thomas Carew, 'Celia Bleeding'.
July 28, 2009
100000232338334 commented on the word tincture
"'Yes, ma'am, I am,' I agreed, with only a tincture of irony."-Dead as a Doornail, by Charlaine Harris
May 19, 2011