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Tincture
Meaning
Noun
●
Senses
relating
to
colour
, and to
dipping
something into a liquid.
A
pigment
or other
substance
that
colours
or
dyes
;
specifically
, a
pigment
used as a
cosmetic
. [– c.]
A
pigment
or other
substance
that
colours
or
dyes
;
specifically
, a
pigment
used as a cosmetic.
A
colour
or
tint
, especially if
produced
by a
pigment
or something
which
stains
; a tinge.
A
slight
addition
of a
thing
to
something else
; a
shade
, a
touch
, a trace.
The
act
of
colouring
or dyeing.
A
slight
physical quality
other than
colour
(especially
taste
), or an
abstract
quality,
added
to something; a tinge.
A small
flaw
; a
blemish
, a stain.
●
In Heraldry:
Senses
relating
to
colour
, and to
dipping
something into a liquid.
A
hue
or
pattern
used in the
depiction
of a
coat of arms
; namely, a
colour
,
fur
, or metal.
●
In Christianity:
Senses
relating
to
colour
, and to
dipping
something into a liquid.
Synonym of baptism
●
In Pharmacy:
Scientific and
alchemical
senses.
A
medicine
consisting of
one or more
substances
dissolved
in
ethanol
or some other solvent.
●
Scientific and
alchemical
senses.
A (small)
alcoholic
drink.
●
In Alchemy:
Scientific and
alchemical
senses.
An
immaterial
substance
or
spirit
ual
principle
which was
thought
capable
of being
instilled
into physical things; also, the
essence
or
spirit
of something.
A
material
essence
thought
to be
capable
of
extraction
from a substance.
●
In Chemistry:
Scientific and
alchemical
senses.
The part of a
substance
thought
to be
essential
,
finer
,
and/or
more
volatile
, which could be
extracted
in a
solution
; also, the process of
obtaining
this.
Verb
●
To
colour
or
stain
(something) with, or
as if
with, a
dye
or pigment.
●
Followed by with: to
add
to or
impregnate
(something) with (a
slight
amount of) an
abstract
or (obsolete) physical quality; to
imbue
, to
taint
, to tinge.
●
In Pharmacy:
To
dissolve
(a
substance
) in
ethanol
or some other
solvent
to
produce
a
medicinal
tincture.
●
To have a
taint
or
tinge
of some quality.
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