tinct (tingkt)

[L. tinct us, dyeing, All the devices blazon'd on the shield In their own tinct . Tennyson, Lance lot and Elaine. 21. A tincture; an e ence; specifically, the grand elixir of the alchemists. Plutus himself, That knows the tinct and multiplying medicine. Shak., All's Well, v. 3. 102. How much unlike art thou Mark Antony! Yet, coming from him, that great medicine hath With his tinct gilded thee. Shak ., A. and C., i. 5. 37. tinct i on (tingk's hon), n. [L. as if tinctio (n-), tinge .] A preparation for dyeing; coloring matter in a state for use; that which imparts color. [Recent.] It also colors somewhat under the same application of the tinct i on. Amer . Nat ., Feb., 1888, p. 117. used of both material and immaterial things; in alchemy, etc., a supposed spiritual principle or immaterial substance whose character or quality may be infused into material things, then said to be tinctured: as, tincture of the "Red Lion." From what particular mineral they (natural baths] receive tincture , as sulphur, vitriol, steel, or the like. Bacon , Advancement of Learning, ii. The tincture I early receiv'd from generous and worthy parents, and the education they gave me, disposing... me to the love of letters. Evelyn, To the Counte of Sunder land. Lastly, to walk with God doth increase the love of God in the soul, which is the heavenly tincture , and inclineth it to look upward. Baxter , Divine Life, ii. 6. 5. A shade or modicum of a quality or of the distinctive quality of something; a coloring or flavoring; a tinge; a taste; a spice; a smack: as, a tincture of garlic in a dish. A tincture of malice in our natures makes us fond of fur nishing every bright idea with its reverse. Swift , Tale of a Tub, viii. 6. A fluid containing the e ential principles or elements of some substance diffused through it by solution; specifically, in med ., a solution of a vegetable, an animal, or sometimes a mineral substance, in a menstruum of alcohol, sul mat ,phuric ether, or spirit of ammonia, prepared by maceration, digestion, or (now most commonly) percolation. Tinctures are also often prepared, especially on the continent of Europe, by the addition of alcohol to the expre ed juices of plants. According to the menstruum, tinctures are distinguished as alcoholic , ethereal, and ammoniated tinctures ; and when wine is used are called medicated wines. Compound tinctures are those in which two or more ingredients are submitted tingere , tinctorial (tingk-tō'ri-al), a. [ Alizarin, the chief tinctorial principle of madder. Encyc. Brit ., IV. 687. Alumina cannot be called a tinctorial or colour-giving matter. W. Crookes, Dyeing and Calico-Printing, p. 142. tincturation (tingk-tu-raʼshon), n. [ Odorous substances yield their odours to spirit by tinc turation - that is, by putting the fragrant material into the spirit, and allowing it to remain there for a period till the alcohol has extracted all the scent. Ure, Dict., III. 537. tincture (tingk'tür). n. [F. teinture = Sp. Pg . It. tintura , tinctura , a dyeing, tingere , pp. tinct us , dye: see tinct , tinge . Cf. tainture , an older form.] 1. The color with which anything is imbued or impregnated; natural or distinctive coloring; tint; hue; shade of color. For, deep dy'd in his mighty precious Blood, It keeps the pow'r and tincture of the flood. J. Beaumont, Psyche, iii. 32. The faded rose each spring receives A fresh red tincture on her leaves. Carew, To A. L. Clouds of all tincture , rocks and sapphire sky, Confused, commingled, mutually inflamed. Words worth, Excursion, ii. IMG:content-0453.png:[blocks in formation] Of tincture , high rose tincture . B. Jonson, Fortunate Isles. Bestucheff's nervous tincture, an ethereal solution of iron chlorid, formerly much used in gout and in states of nervous depre ion. Also called golden tincture and Klap roth's tincture. - Bitter tincture, a composition of gentian, centaury, bitter orange-peel, orange-berries, and zedoary-root, extracted in alcohol. - Fleming's tincture, a strong tincture of aconite. - Greenough's tincture, a tooth-wash containing alum, bitter almond, logwood, orris-root, horse-radish, oxalate of potash, ca ia-berries, and cochineal, extracted in alcohol. - Hat field's tincture, a tincture of guaiac and soap. - Huxham's tincture, compound tincture of cinchona. - Mother tincture, in homeopathic pharmacy, the strong tincture from which the dilutions are made. - Red tincture. Same as great elixir (which see, under elixir, 1). -Rymer's cardiac tincture, tincture of rhubarb and aloes, containing in addition camphor, capsicum, cardamom, and sulphuric acid. - Stomachic tincture. (a) Compound tincture of cardamom. (b) Bitter tincture. - Volatile tincture of bark, a tincture containing cinchona and aromatic spirit of ammonia. -Warburg's tincture, an alcoholic preparation formed of a large number of ingredients, among which are quinine, 2. In her ., one of the metals, colors, or furs aloes, rhubarb, gentian, myrrh, and camphor. It is used IMG:content-0454.png:[merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][ocr errors][merged small][merged small][merged small][ocr errors][merged small] Heraldic Tinctures. 1, or; 2, argent; 3, gules; 4, azure; 5, sable; 6, vert; 7, purpure; 8, sanguine or murrey; 9, 10, tenné or tawny. guine or murrey (blood-red), and tenné or tenney (tawny, orange); and the furs, ermine, ermines, erminois, pean, vair, counter-vair, potent, and counter-potent. (See these words, and also fur1, 7.) Of the colors, the first three are the most common, and the last two are very exceptional. as a substitute for quinine in malarial and other disorders. White tincture. Same as le er elixir (which see, under elixir, 1). - Whytt's tincture, a compound tincture containing cinchona, gentian, and orange-peel. tincture (tingk'tūr), v. t.; pret. and pp.tinctured, ppr. tincturing. [ The rest of the Iles are replenished with such like; very rocky, and much tinctured stone like Miner all. Quoted in Capt . John Smith's Works, I. 106. A little black paint will tincture and spoil twenty gay colours. Watts . Boys with apples, cakes, candy, and rolls of variously tinctured lozenges. Hawthorne , Seven Gables, xvii. 2. To give a peculiar taste, flavor, or character to; imbue; impregnate; season. Early were our minds tinctured with a distinguishing sense of good and evil; early were the seeds of a divine love, and holy fear of offending, sown in our hearts. Bp. Atterbury, Sermons, I. xviii. His manners consistencies. are tinctured with some strange in Goldsmith, Citizen of the World, xxvi. 3. To taint; corrupt. [Rare.] And what can be the Meaning of such a Representation, unle it be to Tincture the Audience, to extinguish Shame, and make Lewdne a Diversion? Jeremy Collier , Short View (ed. 1698), p. 5. tincture-pre (tingk'tur-pres), n. A pre for extracting by compre ion compre ion the active principles of plants, etc. E. H. Knight . tind1+ (tind), v. t. and i. [(a) Also dial. teend , also with lo of the final consonant tine, teen; prop. tend , tenden , teenden , tend an , in comp. on - tend an , = Icel. * tend a (in later form = Goth. tendra ) tendra) = Sw. tända = Dan. tænde tandjan , kindle; (b) in another form, prop. tind , tinden , tynd an = OHG. zunten , MHG. G. zünden , set on fire (also OHG. zunden, MHG. zunden, burn, glow); (c) cf. Goth. tund nan , take fire, burn: all secondary forms of of a strong verb, AS. as if * tind an (pret. * tar * tunden ) MHG. zinden = = on fire. Hence tinder .] To set on fire; dle; light; inflame. Goth. * tind an , set "The candel of lijf thi soule dide tende , To ligte thee hom," resoun dide saye. Hymns to Virgin , etc. (E. E. T. S.), p. 69. Tho a full gret fire thay tende made and hade, With bu hes and wod makyng it full hy. Rom . of Partenay (E. E. T. S.), 1. 2136. Part [of the Christmas brand) must be kept wherewith to teend The Christmas log next yeare. Herrick, Ceremonies for Candle ma e Day. As one candle tindeth a you sand. Bp. Sanders on , Sermons (1689), p. 56. ( Hall i well .)