tincture

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  1. noun A coloring or dyeing substance; a pigment.
  2. noun An imparted color; a tint.
  3. noun A quality that colors, pervades, or distinguishes.

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  • In the poem it is also called a tincture THE ELIXIR Teach me, my God and King In all things thee to see And what I do in anything To do it as for thee Not rudely, as a beast To run into an action But still to make thee prepossest And give it his perfection. —  England's Antiphon
  • This tincture is remarkably beneficial in disorders of the mucous membranes, alike of the respiratory and of the digestive passages. —  Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure
  • For catarrhal affections of the eyes and the ears, as well as for catarrhal diarrhoea, the tincture is very serviceable; also for female monthly difficulties its use is always beneficial and safe. —  Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure
  • In the treatment of pleurisy, this tincture is invaluable. —  Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure
  • This oil may be taken remedially in doses of from half to one drop rubbed up with some powdered white sugar, and mixed with a wineglassful of hot water The medicinal tincture is made with sixteen grains of [80] the powdered Capsicum to a fluid ounce of spirit of wine; and the dose of this tincture is from five to twenty drops with one or two tablespoonfuls of water. —  Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure
 

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  1. Middle English, from Latin tīnctūra, a dyeing, from tīnctus, past participle of tingere, to dye.

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  1. =F. teinture =Spanish Portuguese Italian tintura, from Latin tinctura, a dyeing, from tingere, past participle tinctus, dye: see tinct, tinge. Cf. tainture, an older form.
  2. from tincture, n.
 

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/ˈtɪŋktʃər/
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