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Tincture   /tˈɪŋktʃər/   Listen
Tincture

noun
1.
A substances that colors metals.
2.
An indication that something has been present.  Synonyms: shadow, trace, vestige.  "A tincture of condescension"
3.
A quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color.  Synonyms: shade, tint, tone.
4.
(pharmacology) a medicine consisting of an extract in an alcohol solution.
verb
(past & past part. tinctured; pres. part. tincturing)
1.
Fill, as with a certain quality.  Synonyms: impregnate, infuse, instill.
2.
Stain or tint with a color.



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"Tincture" Quotes from Famous Books



... bottle was found in the house after the arrest of Mrs. Wharton, with compound tincture of ...
— Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science - April, 1873, Vol. XI, No. 25. • Various
... Questions he asks—but I must on. [Aside.] Why, Sir, you must know,—the Tincture of this Water upon Stagnation ceruleates, and the Crocus upon the Stones flaveces; this he observes —to be, Sir, the Indication of ...
— The Works of Aphra Behn, Vol. III • Aphra Behn
... at any time, feels faint, on no account give brandy. Drop five drops of tincture of cayenne on a lump of sugar. Dissolve it in half a teacupful of hot water, and give this instead. In cases of heartburn, take small drinks of hot water, say a tablespoonful every five minutes. A very great help to the expecting mother is found in the cold sitz-bath (see Sitting Bath). Baths ...
— Papers on Health • John Kirk
... soothed the ache in her heart by their very extravagance, which even her frugal conscience could not chide; dreams which drew hot tears upon her cheeks, to trickle down among her knotted fingers and tincture ...
— The Bondboy • George W. (George Washington) Ogden
... through the whole country, and it will be a year before it is forgotten. And I would have you consider how ill it will look, my dear Mrs. Blower, to stay away—nobody will believe you had a card—no, not though you were to hang it round your neck like a label round a vial of tincture, Mrs. Blower." ...
— St. Ronan's Well • Sir Walter Scott


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