tinct
verb (used with object)
to tinge or tint, as with color.
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tinct
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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
The slightest tinct of uncertainty in the old man's thought, and he, Kirkwood, became a plotter, like the others, meeting mine with countermine.
From The Nether World by Gissing, George
Yet, coming from him, that great medicine hath With his tinct gilded thee.—
From Antony and Cleopatra by Shakespeare, William
O Hamlet, speak no more: Thou turn'st mine eyes into my very soul; And there I see such black and grained spots As will not leave their tinct.
From Hamlet by Shakespeare, William
But whence, Think you, this tinct of cinnamon that makes The savor of the dish.
From The Blood of Rachel A Dramatization of Esther, and other poems by Noe, Cotton
The following lotion is one of the very best to use for teat wound: Tinct. iodine, 2 ounces; tinct. arnica, 2 ounces; glycerine, 2 ounces; comp. tinct. benzoine, 2 ounces.
From One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered by Wickson, Edward J. (Edward James)
Jalap gr. x. syr. rosar. solut. tinct. senn. aa ʒii. aq. menth. v. simpl. ℥iss. m. mane sumend.
From An Account of the Foxglove and some of its Medical Uses With Practical Remarks on Dropsy and Other Diseases by Withering, William
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 Youatt, William
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 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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