Definition of tincture

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Tincture (n.) A slight taste superadded to any substance; as, a tincture of orange peel..

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Counterchanged :: Counterchanged (a.) Having the tinctures exchanged mutually; thus, if the field is divided palewise, or and azure, and cross is borne counterchanged, that part of the cross which comes on the azure side will be or, and that on the or side will be azure..
Extraction :: Extraction (n.) The act of extracting, or drawing out; as, the extraction of a tooth, of a bone or an arrow from the body, of a stump from earth, of a passage from a book, of an essence or tincture..
Tinctured :: Tinctured (imp. & p. p.) of Tinctur.
Paly :: Paly (a.) Divided into four or more equal parts by perpendicular lines, and of two different tinctures disposed alternately..
Taint :: Taint (n.) Tincture; hue; color; tinge.
Spirit :: Spirit (n.) A solution in alcohol of a volatile principle. Cf. Tincture.
Smack :: Smack (n.) To have a smack; to be tinctured with any particular taste.
Medicate :: Medicate (v. t.) To tincture or impregnate with anything medicinal; to drug.
Gules :: Gules (n.) The tincture red, indicated in seals and engraved figures of escutcheons by parallel vertical lines. Hence, used poetically for a red color or that which is red..
Voided :: Voided (a.) Having the inner part cut away, or left vacant, a narrow border being left at the sides, the tincture of the field being seen in the vacant space; -- said of a charge..
Checky :: Checky (a.) Divided into small alternating squares of two tinctures; -- said of the field or of an armorial bearing.
Winged :: Winged (a.) Represented with wings, or having wings, of a different tincture from the body..
Tincture :: Tincture (n.) A tinge or shade of color; a tint; as, a tincture of red..
Alcoholature :: Alcoholature (n.) An alcoholic tincture prepared with fresh plants.
Smatch :: Smatch (n.) Taste; tincture; smack.
Acidulous :: Acidulous (a.) Slightly sour; sub-acid; sourish; as, an acidulous tincture..
Strong :: Strong (superl.) Having virtues of great efficacy; or, having a particular quality in a great degree; as, a strong powder or tincture; a strong decoction; strong tea or coffee..
Drug :: Drug (v. t.) To tincture with something offensive or injurious.
Dwale :: Dwale (a.) The tincture sable or black when blazoned according to the fantastic system in which plants are substituted for the tinctures.
Liquor :: Liquor (n.) A solution of a medicinal substance in water; -- distinguished from tincture and aqua.
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