Tincture
['tɪŋ(k)tʃə] or ['tɪŋktʃɚ]
Definition
(noun.) (pharmacology) a medicine consisting of an extract in an alcohol solution.
(noun.) a substances that colors metals.
(verb.) stain or tint with a color; 'The leaves were tinctured with a bright red'.
Edited by Joanne--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A tinge or shade of color; a tint; as, a tincture of red.
(n.) One of the metals, colors, or furs used in armory.
(n.) 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.
(n.) A solution (commonly colored) of medicinal substance in alcohol, usually more or less diluted; spirit containing medicinal substances in solution.
(n.) A slight taste superadded to any substance; as, a tincture of orange peel.
(n.) A slight quality added to anything; a tinge; as, a tincture of French manners.
(v. t.) To communicate a slight foreign color to; to tinge; to impregnate with some extraneous matter.
(v. t.) To imbue the mind of; to communicate a portion of anything foreign to; to tinge.
Edited by Adela
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Tinge, stain, tint, hue, shade, grain.[2]. Flavor, taste, smack, spice.[3]. Infusion, admixture, touch, dash, seasoning, sprinkling.[4]. Alcoholic solution.
v. a. [1]. Tinge, stain, dye, color, tint, shade.[2]. Flavor, season.[3]. Imbue, impress, infuse, impregnate.
Editor: Murdoch
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Tinge, color, dye, stain, shade, impregnate,[See TINGE]
Typist: Rodger
Definition
n. a tinge or shade of colour: a slight taste added to anything: (med.) a solution of any substance in or by means of spirit of wine: (her.) one of the metals colours or furs in achievements.—v.t. to tinge: to imbue: to mix with anything foreign.—adj. Tinct (Spens.) tinged coloured.—n. (Tenn.) colour stain spot.—adj. Tinctō′rial giving a tinge: colouring.
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Examples
- Melt the petrolatum and add the tincture of cantharides, and while cooling add the other ingredients. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- The addition of 1/4 ounce of tincture of cantharides to the above amount will stop the hair from falling out and assist Nature in supplying new hair. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- The preparation which it contained was, as I had anticipated, the common Tincture of Opium. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- As the wafer digested, the tincture mounted to his brain, bearing the proposition along with it. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- Subject this to violent agitation--preferably with the aid of a mechanical egg whisk--and allow the tincture of benzoin to fall into it the while drop by drop. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- The proposition, and demonstration, were fairly written on a thin wafer, with ink composed of a cephalic tincture. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- One dye of that tincture covered his clothes, the cap upon his head, his boots, his face, and his hands. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- They made tinctures, essences, and syrups. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- These tinctured the silent bosom of the clouds above them and lit up their ephemeral caves, which seemed thenceforth to become scalding caldrons. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- For your benefit, Mr. Moore, I've been looking up the word 'sentimental' in the dictionary, and I find it to mean 'tinctured with sentiment. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
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