tincture

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A pigment or other substance that colours or dyes; specifically, a pigment used as a cosmetic.

   “[O]ur daintie dames and fine ladies have begun to ſet their mind upon this colour [amber], and have placed it in the third ranke of rich tincture: vvhereby vve may ſee there is no ſuperfluitie and diſorder in the vvorld, but it hath a pretence and cloake of ſome precious name or other.”

2. isim A colour or tint, especially if produced by a pigment or something which stains; a tinge.

   “'Tis not a Sett of Features, or Complexion, / The Tincture of a Skin, that I admire. / Beauty ſoon grovvs familiar to the Lover, / Fades in his Eye, and palls upon the Senſe.”

3. isim A slight addition of a thing to something else; a shade, a touch, a trace.

   “[A]fter the firſt comming of Hengiſt they had liued here C.L. yeers by the cõmon account vvithout tincture of true religion: […]”

4. isim A hue or pattern used in the depiction of a coat of arms.
5. isim The act of colouring or dyeing.

   “This ſtone [“cyanos” or chrysoprase] is very apt to bee counterfeited, and eſpecially by tincture: the invention vvhereof is aſcribed to a king of Ægypt, vvho vvas highly honoured for beeing the firſt that gave a colour to it.”

6. isim A slight physical quality other than colour (especially taste), or an abstract quality, added to something; a tinge.

   “a tincture of orange peel”

7. isim A small flaw; a blemish, a stain.

   “To offend againſt ſo gracious a Patron, vvould add a Tincture to our Diſobedience; yet ſuch is the Iniquity of our Condition, that vve are forced to defer our Gratitude.”

8. isim Synonym of baptism.

   “Rollo ſonne of a Daniſh Potentate, […] made tranſmigration into France, and there, after ſome martiall diſcords, honored in holy tincture of Chriſtianity vvith the name of Robert, […]”

9. isim A medicine consisting of one or more substances dissolved in ethanol or some other solvent.

   “tincture of iodine;   tincture of cannabis;   tincture of opium”

10. isim A (small) alcoholic drink.

    “Weathers made them all have just one little tincture at his expense and promised to meet them later on at Mulligan's in Poolbeg Street.”

11. isim An immaterial substance or spiritual principle which was thought capable of being instilled into physical things; also, the essence or spirit of something.

    “For vvhat is ſilke but eu'n a Quinteſſence, / Made vvithout hands beyond al humane ſenſe? / A quinteſſence? nay vvel it may be call'd, / A deathleſſe tincture, ſent vs from the skies, / VVhoſe colour ſtands, vvhose gloſſe is ne're appalld, […]”

12. isim A material essence thought to be capable of extraction from a substance.

    “[T]he pureſt part [of the sap], as moſt apt and ready, recedes, vvith its due Tinctures, from the ſaid Cortical Body, to the Lignous. VVhich Lignous Body likevviſe ſuper-inducing its ovvn proper Tinctures into the ſaid Sap; […]”

13. isim The part of a substance thought to be essential, finer, and/or more volatile, which could be extracted in a solution; also, the process of obtaining this.

    “[C]ome forth, / And taſt the ayre of Palaces, eate, drinke / The toyles of Empricks, and their boaſted practiſe: / Tincture of Pearle, an Corall, Gold, and Amber; […]”

14. fiil To colour or stain (something) with, or as if with, a dye or pigment.

    “[T]hey are rich habilimented, their heads rounded vvith a golden caule: their cheekes tinctured vvith Vermillion, their noſes and eares hung vvith Ievvels of price and bigneſſe, and about their faces (tied to the chin) a rope of orient pearle of exceeding value, if not counterfeit: […]”

15. fiil Followed by with: to add to or impregnate (something) with (a slight amount of) an abstract or (obsolete) physical quality; to imbue, to taint, to tinge.

    “Of fulgent beautie; but ſo pure a mind, / As if tinctur'd from Heaven, and ſo devin'd.”

16. fiil To dissolve (a substance) in ethanol or some other solvent to produce a medicinal tincture.

    “Fill a glass jar full of plant matter, leaving an inch of space. (I prefer to tincture each herb separately and mix combinations as I need them.) Completely cover plants with 100-proof vodka, brandy, or vinegar and secure the lid tightly.”

17. fiil To have a taint or tinge of some quality.

    “The portrait of the Author, prefixed, is engraved from a drawing by another of his friends, done from memory; it is like, but a likeneſs that tinctures of the prejudice of friendſhip.”