Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The preparation of a tincture; the treatment of a substance by solution in a menstruum, especially alcohol or ether.
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- noun medicine The formulation and preparation of a
tincture ; treatment with a tincture
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Examples
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The odoriferous principle of palm oil resembling that from orris-root, can be dissolved out of it by tincturation with alcohol; like ottos generally, it remains intact in the presence of an alkali, hence, soap made of palm oil retains the odor of the oil.
The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants George William Septimus Piesse 1851
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_tincturation_ for roots, and by _distillation_ for seeds, modified under certain circumstances.
The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants George William Septimus Piesse 1851
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