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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Tincture

Tinc'ture, n.

noun

(tĭnk'tyūr, 53), n. [Lat. tinctura, from tingere, tinctum, to tinge, dye; It. & Sp. tintura, Fr. teinture. See TINGE.]

  1. A tinge or shade of color; as, a tincture of red.
  2. (Her.) One of the metals, colors, or furs used in armory. Brande.
  3. The finer and more volatile parts of a substance, separated by a solvent; or an extract of a part of the substance of a body communicated to the solvent.
  4. (Med.) A spirituous solution (commonly colored) of such of the proximate principles of vegetables and animals as are soluble in pure alcohol, or proof-spirit; spirit containing medicinal substances in solution.
  5. Slight taste superadded to any substance; as, a tincture of orange-peel.
  6. Slight quality added to any thing; as, a tincture of French manners.

Every man had a slight tincture of soldiership, and scarcely any man more than a slight tincture. Macaulay.

Tinct'ure, v. t.

verbtransitive

[imp. & p. p. TINCTURED; p. pr. & vb. n. TINCTURING.] 1. To communicate a slight foreign color to; to tinge; to impregnate with some extraneous matter. A little black paint will tincture and spoil twenty gay colors. Watts. 2. To imbue the mind of; to communicate a portion of any thing foreign to. The stain of habitual sin may thoroughly tincture all our soul. Barrow.