tinct
verb (used with object)
to tinge or tint, as with color.
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[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
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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
Zola has several phases; one of them, I admit, blue as heaven's own tinct; but Holmes has only one phase, namely, pharisaism.
From Such Is Life by Furphy, Joseph
By thine ey's tinct enobled thus,155 Time layes him vp; he's pretious.
From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume I (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard
To see th' inclosed Lights, now Canopied Vnder these windowes, White and Azure lac'd With Blew of Heauens owne tinct.
From Cymbeline by Shakespeare, William
The flame o' the taper Bows toward her, and would under-peep her lids To see the enclosed lights, now canopied Under these windows white and azure, lac'd With blue of heaven's own tinct.
From Cymbeline by Shakespeare, William
Physicians ordering medicines will please mark after each one its strength and preparation as: moth. tinct. for mother tincture.
From Hydriatic treatment of Scarlet Fever in its Different Forms by Munde, Charles
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 Wickson, Edward J. (Edward James)
The medicine internally given was castor oil, with tinct. opium, and this, in a diminished dose, was ordered the next morning.
From Diseases of the Horse's Foot by Reeks, Harry Caulton
He took chrystals of tartar, seneka, gum ammoniac, saline draughts, emetics, tinct. of cantharides, spirits of nitre dulcified, squills in all forms, volatile alkaly, calomel, Dover's powder, &c.
From An Account of the Foxglove and some of its Medical Uses With Practical Remarks on Dropsy and Other Diseases by Withering, William
Syr. papav. et rhamni, with tinct. ferr. mur., a large spoonful being given morning and night. 4th.
From The Dog by Youatt, William
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