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Princeton's WordNet

  1. tint, tinct, tinge, touchverb

    color lightly

    "her greying hair was tinged blond"; "the leaves were tinged red in November"

Wiktionary

  1. tinctnoun

    a tint or colour

  2. tinctverb

    to tint, tinge or colour

  3. tinctadjective

    tincture

  4. tinctadjective

    tinged or lightly coloured

  5. Etymology: From tinctus, past participle of tingo.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Tinctnoun

    Colour; stain; spot.

    Etymology: from the verb.

    That great med’cine hath
    With his tinct gilded thee. William Shakespeare.

    Of evening tinct
    The purple streaming amethyst is thine. James Thomson.

    The first scent of a vessel lasts, and the tinct the wool first appears of. Ben Jonson.

  2. To Tinctverb

    Etymology: tinctus, Lat. teint, Fr.

    Some bodies have a more departible nature than others in colouration; for a small quantity of saffron will tinct more than a very great quantity of wine. Francis Bacon.

    Some were tincted blue, some red, others yellow. Brown.

    I distilled some of the tincted liquor, and all that came over was as limpid as rock water. Boyle.

    Those who have preserved an innocence, would not suffer the whiter parts of their soul to be discoloured or tincted by the reflection of one sin. Decay of Piety.

    We have artificial wells made in imitation of the natural, as tincted upon vitriol, sulphur, and steel. Francis Bacon.

Wikipedia

  1. Tinct

    Tinct is the eighth studio album by the American experimental electronic music ensemble Biota, released in 1988 by Recommended Records.

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  1. tinct

    A tinct is an obsolete term, primarily used in alchemy, which refers to the essence or extract obtained from a substance through distillation or other chemical processes. It is derived from the Latin term "tinctus" meaning to dye or color, so it can also refer to a tint, shade, or coloration. However, it's rarely used in modern English.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Tinctadjective

    tined; tinged

  2. Tinctnoun

    color; tinge; tincture; tint

  3. Tinctverb

    to color or stain; to imblue; to tint

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of tinct in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of tinct in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

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