[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

tincture \tinc"ture\, n. l. tinctura a dyeing, from tingere,
   tinctum, to tinge, dye: cf. oe. tainture, teinture, f.
   teinture, l. tinctura. see tinge.
   1. a tinge or shade of color; a tint; as, a tincture of red.
      1913 webster

   2. her. one of the metals, colors, or furs used in armory.
      1913 webster

   note: there are two metals: gold, called or, and represented
         in engraving by a white surface covered with small
         dots; and silver, called argent, and represented by a
         plain white surface. the colors and their
         representations are as follows: red, called gules, or a
         shading of vertical lines; blue, called azure, or
         horizontal lines; black, called sable, or horizontal
         and vertical lines crossing; green, called vert, or
         diagonal lines from dexter chief corner; purple, called
         purpure, or diagonal lines from sinister chief corner.
         the furs are ermine, ermines, erminois, pean, vair,
         counter vair, potent, and counter potent. see
         illustration in appendix.
         1913 webster

   3. the finer and more volatile parts of a substance,
      separated by a solvent; an extract of a part of the
      substance of a body communicated to the solvent.
      1913 webster

   4. med. a solution commonly colored of medicinal
      substance in alcohol, usually more or less diluted; spirit
      containing medicinal substances in solution.
      1913 webster

   note: according to the united states pharmacopoeia, the term
         tincture also called alcoholic tincture, and
         spirituous tincture is reserved for the alcoholic
         solutions of nonvolatile substances, alcoholic
         solutions of volatile substances being called spirits.
         1913 webster

   ethereal tincture, a solution of medicinal substance in
      ether.
      1913 webster

   5. a slight taste superadded to any substance; as, a tincture
      of orange peel.
      1913 webster

   6. a slight quality added to anything; a tinge; as, a
      tincture of french manners.
      1913 webster

            all manners take a tincture from our own. --pope.
      1913 webster

            every man had a slight tincture of soldiership, and
            scarcely any man more than a slight tincture.
                                                  --macaulay.
      1913 webster
see also:
tinge ethereal tincture 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

tincture \tinc"ture\, v. t. imp.  p. p. tinctured; p. pr. 
   vb. n. tincturing.
   1. to communicate a slight foreign color to; to tinge; to
      impregnate with some extraneous matter.
      1913 webster

            a little black paint will tincture and spoil twenty
            gay colors.                           --i. watts.
      1913 webster

   2. to imbue the mind of; to communicate a portion of anything
      foreign to; to tinge.
      1913 webster

            the stain of habitual sin may thoroughly tincture
            all our soul.                         --barrow.
      1913 webster
see also:
tinctured tincturing 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

tincture
     n 1: a substances that colors metals
     2: an indication that something has been present; "there wasn't
        a trace of evidence for the claim"; "a tincture of
        condescension" syn: trace, vestige, shadow
     3: a quality of a given color that differs slightly from a
        primary color; "after several trials he mixed the shade of
        pink that she wanted" syn: shade, tint, tone
     4: pharmacology a medicine consisting of an extract in an
        alcohol solution
     v 1: fill, as with a certain quality; "the heavy traffic
          tinctures the air with carbon monoxide" syn: impregnate,
           infuse, instill
     2: stain or tint with a color; "the leaves were tinctured with
        a bright red"
see also:
trace vestige shadow shade tint tone 
impregnate infuse instill 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

254 moby thesaurus words for "tincture":
   achievement, achromatism, alerion, animal charge, annulet,
   apply paint, argent, armorial bearings, armory, arms, azure,
   bandeau, bar, bar sinister, baton, bearings, bedaub, bedizen,
   begild, bend, bend sinister, besmear, besprinkle, billet, blazon,
   blazonry, bordure, breathe, brew, broad arrow, brush on paint,
   cadency mark, calcimine, canton, cast, chaplet, charge, chevron,
   chief, chromatism, chromism, chromogen, coat, coat of arms,
   coat of paint, coating, cockatrice, color, color balance,
   color filter, color gelatin, color harmony, color scheme, colorant,
   coloration, coloring, complexion, coronet, cover, crescent, crest,
   cross, cross moline, crown, dab, dash, daub, dead-color, decoct,
   decorator color, deep-dye, device, difference, differencing, dip,
   distemper, double-dye, dredge, drier, dye, dyestuff, eagle,
   emblazon, enamel, engild, entincture, ermine, ermines, erminites,
   erminois, escutcheon, exterior paint, face, falcon, fast-dye, fess,
   fess point, field, file, flanch, flat coat, flat wash, flavor,
   fleur-de-lis, floor enamel, fresco, fret, fur, fusil, garland,
   gild, glaze, gleam, gloss, grain, griffin, ground, gules, gyron,
   hatchment, helmet, heraldic device, hint, honor point, hue, idea,
   illuminate, imbrue, imbue, impalement, impaling, impregnate,
   inescutcheon, infiltrate, infuse, infusion, ingrain, inkling,
   instill, interior paint, intimation, japan, key, label, lacquer,
   lay on color, leaven, lick, lion, look, lozenge, mantling,
   marshaling, martlet, mascle, medium, metal, motto, mullet,
   natural color, nombril point, octofoil, opaque color, or, ordinary,
   orle, paint, pale, pallor, paly, parget, pean, penetrate, permeate,
   pervade, pheon, pigment, prime, prime coat, primer, priming,
   purpure, quarter, quartering, rose, sable, saltire, saturate,
   sauce, scintilla, scutcheon, season, seasoning, shade, shadow,
   shellac, shield, sip, skin color, slop on paint, smack, smattering,
   smear, smell, soupcon, spark, spice, spread eagle, sprinkling,
   stain, steep, stipple, strain, streak, subordinary, suffuse,
   suggestion, sup, suspicion, taint, taste, temper, tempera,
   tempering, tenne, thinner, thought, tinct, tinction, tinge, tint,
   tone, torse, touch, trace, transfuse, transparent color, tressure,
   turpentine, turps, undercoat, undercoating, undercolor, unicorn,
   vair, varnish, vehicle, vert, vestige, wash, wash coat, whitewash,
   wreath, yale

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