tinct
verb (used with object)
to tinge or tint, as with color.
tinct
1 American
[tingkt]
/ tɪŋkt /
verb (used with object)
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to tinge or tint, as with color.
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Obsolete. to imbue.
adjective
noun
tinct.
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abbreviation
tinct
British
/ tɪŋkt /
noun
adjective
Etymology
Origin of tinct
1425–75 for earlier alchemical sense; 1585–95 tinct for def. 1; 1595–1605 tinct for def. 4; late Middle English < Latin tīnctus, past participle of tingere to dye, color, tinge
Vocabulary lists containing tinct
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The afternoon was green; this do I recall; the haze in the atmosphere pregnant with the tinct of leaf and grass, so the water, the sky, all appeared submerged.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
"Thou turn'st mine eyes into my very soul; And there I see such black and grained ____ As will not leave their tinct."
From The Century Vocabulary Builder by Joseph M. (Joseph Morris) Bachelor
A little too much lucent syrup tinct with cinnamon, don't you think?
From Ponkapog Papers by Thomas Bailey Aldrich
It has a slight "tang" of archaism—just enough to suggest "lucent sirups tinct with cinnamon," or the "spice and balm" of Miller's sea-winds.
From The Letters of Ambrose Bierce With a Memoir by George Sterling by Ambrose Bierce
Artifice is the strength of the world, and in that same mask of paint and powder, shadowed with vermeil tinct and most trimly pencilled, is woman's strength.
From The Works of Max Beerbohm by Sir Max Beerbohm
Apply the following liniment: Sulphuric ether, 1 ounce; tinct. iodine, 1 ounce; pulv. camphor, 1 ounce; alcohol, ounces; turpentine, 2 ounces; oil of cedar, 2 ounces.
From One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered by Edward J. (Edward James) Wickson
Balls composed of camphor, pulv. uva ursi, tinct. ferri mur., mass purg., and pulv. lini. et gum. arab., were administered morning, noon, and night.
From The Dog by William Youatt
R. Infus. baccar. juniper, ℥vi. tinct. amar. tinct. stomachic. aa ℥i. m. 25th.
From An Account of the Foxglove and some of its Medical Uses With Practical Remarks on Dropsy and Other Diseases by William Withering
Digital. purp. sicc. ʒiss. aq. bullient. ℔ss. digere per semi-horam, colaturæ adde tinct. aromatic ℥i.
From An Account of the Foxglove and some of its Medical Uses With Practical Remarks on Dropsy and Other Diseases by William Withering
This experiment was repeated with the tinct. tolutanæ, ph. ed. and with sp, vinos. camp. and the result was entirely the same.
From Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air by Joseph Priestley
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