6 May 2019
tincture
[tingk-cher]
noun
1. Pharmacology. a solution of alcohol or of alcohol and water, containing animal, vegetable, or chemical drugs.
2. a slight infusion, as of some element or quality:
A tincture of education had softened his rude manners.
3. a trace; a smack or smattering; tinge :
a tincture of irony.
4. Heraldry. any of the colors, metals, or furs used for the fields, charges, etc., of an escutcheon or achievement of arms.
5. a dye or pigment.
verb (used with object), tinctured, tincturing.
6. to impart a tint or color to; tinge.
7. to imbue or infuse with something.
Origin of tincture
Latin
1350-1400; Middle English: dye; Latin tīnctūra dyeing. See tinct, -ure
Related forms
pretincture, noun
untinctured, adjective
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Examples from the Web for tincture
Historical Examples
Mix two drams of the tincture of galls with one dram of lunar caustic, and for marking of linen, use it with a pen as common ink.
The Cook and Housekeeper’s Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches,
Mary Eaton
A tincture for the gums may be made of three ounces of the tincture of bark, and half an ounce of sal ammoniac, mixed together.
The Cook and Housekeeper’s Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches,
Mary Eaton
Bruise three ounces of cloves, steep them for ten days in a quart of brandy, and strain off the tincture through a flannel sieve.
The Cook and Housekeeper’s Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches,
Mary Eaton
Thou canst not withhold a tincture of lemon from the sweetest cup!
St. Cuthbert’s
Robert E. Knowles
Used as a sedative in tincture ; ten to twenty drops in water.
Cattle and Their Diseases
Robert Jennings
Externally, vesicant; used in form of ointment, or tincture.
Cattle and Their Diseases
Robert Jennings
The water or brine solution must be at least twenty times the bulk of the tincture.
Field’s Chromatography
George Field
Today’s quote
Men of genius sometimes accomplish most when they work the least, for they are thinking out inventions and forming in their minds the perfect idea that they subsequently express with their hands.
– Giorgio Vasari
On this day
6 May – Following ‘May the Fourth be with you’, and Cinco de Mayo yesterday, does this make today ‘Revenge of the Sixth?’
6 May 1937 – the German passenger dirigible (Zeppelin), The Hindenburg, crashes bursts into flames, falling 200 feet to the ground, killing 37 people. The Hindenburg was the world’s largest hydrogen airship and the disaster marked the end of the airship era. The disaster was captured on camera and a newsreel released, which can be viewed on Youtube.
6 May 1945 – Hermann Göring, Hitler’s second in command and the most powerful Nazi alive, surrenders to US forces, effectively marking the end of the Second World War. The official surrender was announced by German officers on 8 May 1945.
6 May 1954 – Roger Bannister becomes the first man to break the 4 minute mile on foot. He ran the mile in 3 minutes 59.4 seconds at the Iffley Road Track, Oxford, England.