tincture
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tincture (plural tinctures)
- a pigment or other substance that colours or dyes
- a tint, or an added colour
- (heraldry): a colour or metal used in the depiction of a coat of arms.
- An alcoholic extract of plant material, used as a medicine
- (humorous) a small alcoholic drink
- an essential characteristic
- 1924: ARISTOTLE. Metaphysics. Translated by W. D. Ross. Nashotah, Wisconsin, USA: The Classical Library, 2001. Book 1, Part 6.
- for the earlier thinkers had no tincture of dialectic
- 1924: ARISTOTLE. Metaphysics. Translated by W. D. Ross. Nashotah, Wisconsin, USA: The Classical Library, 2001. Book 1, Part 6.
[edit] Translations
alcoholic extract
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to tincture (third-person singular simple present tinctures, present participle tincturing, simple past and past participle tinctured)
- to stain or impregnate (something) with colour
[edit] Anagrams
- Anagrams of ceinrttu
- intercut
