Definition of tincture

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Tincture (v. t.) To communicate a slight foreign color to; to tinge; to impregnate with some extraneous matter.

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Tincture :: Tincture (n.) A slight taste superadded to any substance; as, a tincture of orange peel..
Membered :: Membered (a.) Having legs of a different tincture from that of the body; -- said of a bird in heraldic representations.
Smack :: Smack (v. i.) Taste or flavor, esp. a slight taste or flavor; savor; tincture; as, a smack of bitter in the medicine. Also used figuratively..
Plate :: Plate (n.) A roundel of silver or tinctured argent.
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..
Tincture :: Tincture (n.) One of the metals, colors, or furs used in armory..
Tincture :: Tincture (n.) A tinge or shade of color; a tint; as, a tincture of red..
Smack :: Smack (n.) To have a smack; to be tinctured with any particular taste.
Rose Water :: Rose water () Water tinctured with roses by distillation.
Feathered :: Feathered (a.) Having feathers; -- said of an arrow, when the feathers are of a tincture different from that of the shaft..
Crined :: Crined (a.) Having the hair of a different tincture from the rest of the body; as, a charge crined of a red tincture..
Tincture :: Tincture (n.) 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..
Winged :: Winged (a.) Represented with wings, or having wings, of a different tincture from the body..
Sable :: Sable (n.) The tincture black; -- represented by vertical and horizontal lines crossing each other.
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.
Paly :: Paly (a.) Divided into four or more equal parts by perpendicular lines, and of two different tinctures disposed alternately..
Drug :: Drug (v. t.) To tincture with something offensive or injurious.
Aconite :: Aconite (n.) An extract or tincture obtained from Aconitum napellus, used as a poison and medicinally..
Unguled :: Unguled (a.) Hoofed, or bearing hoofs; -- used only when these are of a tincture different from the body..
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