TINCTURE

A tinge or shade of color; a tint; as, a tincture of red. One of the metals, colors, or furs used in armory. 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. A solution (commonly colored) of medicinal substance in alcohol, usually more or less diluted; spirit containing medicinal substances in solution. A slight taste superadded to any substance; as, a tincture of orange peel. A slight quality added to anything; a tinge; as, a tincture of French manners. All manners take a tincture from our own. Pope. Every man had a slight tincture of soldiership, and scarcely any man more than a slight tincture. Macaulay.

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. I. Watts. To imbue the mind of; to communicate a portion of anything foreign to; to tinge. The stain of habitual sin may thoroughly tincture all our soul. Barrow.

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. | Senses relating to colour, and to dipping something into a liquid. | A colour or tint, especially if produced by a pigment or something which stains; a tinge. | Senses relating to colour, and to dipping something into a liquid. | A slight addition of a thing to something else; a shade, a touch, a trace. | Senses relating to colour, and to dipping something into a liquid. | A hue or pattern used in the depiction of a coat of arms. | Senses relating to colour, and to dipping something into a liquid. | The act of colouring or dyeing. | Senses relating to colour, and to dipping something into a liquid. | A slight physical quality other than colour (especially taste), or an abstract quality, added to something; a tinge. | Senses relating to colour, and to dipping something into a liquid. | A small flaw; a blemish, a stain. | Senses relating to colour, and to dipping something into a liquid. | Synonym of baptism. | 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. | Scientific and alchemical senses. | An immaterial substance or spiritual principle which was thought capable of being instilled into physical things; also, the essence or spirit of something. | Scientific and alchemical senses. | A material essence thought to be capable of extraction from a substance. | 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.

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. | To dissolve (a substance) in ethanol or some other solvent to produce a medicinal tincture. | To have a taint or tinge of some quality.