Synonyms:
tincture
Meaning: (pharmacology) a medicine consisting of an extract in an alcohol solution
Synonyms:
shade, tint, tincture, tone
Meaning: a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color; "after several trials he mixed the shade of pink that she wanted"
Synonyms:
trace, vestige, tincture, shadow
Meaning: an indication that something has been present; "there wasn't a trace of evidence for the claim"; "a tincture of condescension"
Synonyms:
tincture
Meaning: a substances that colors metals
verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
tincture
Meaning: stain or tint with a color; "The leaves were tinctured with a bright red"
Synonyms:
impregnate, infuse, instill, tincture
Meaning: fill, as with a certain quality; "The heavy traffic tinctures the air with carbon monoxide"
Usage examples
Tincture of Vanilla.
Liquid preparations, as the liniment or tincture, may be taken accidentally or suicidally.
If for vanilla cream; use a table-spoonful of tincture of vanilla, two eggs beaten; mix well and freeze in the usual way.
In the lands that are surrounded by this sea, is found much Campechy wood, and other things that serve for dyeing, much esteemed in Europe, and would be more, if we had the skill of the Indians, who make a dye or tincture that never fades.
Lady Maclaughlan is in High spirits at Sir Sampson's Success, though, at the Same Time, I assure you, she Felt much for the Distress of poor Mr. M'Dunsmuir, and had sent him a Large Box of Pills, and a Bottle of Gout Tincture, only two days before he died.
His constant pleasantry was the genuine effusion of good nature and good humor, tempered with delicacy and modesty, and without even the slightest tincture of malignity, so frequently the disagreeable source of what is called wit in other men. It never was the meaning of his raillery to mortify; and therefore, far from offending, it seldom failed to please and delight, even those who were the objects of it.