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Tinto \Tin"to\, n. [Pg., tinged, fr. L. tinctus, p. p. of tingere to tinge. See Tint, n.] A red Madeira wine, wanting the high aroma of the white sorts, and, when old, resembling tawny port.

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Tinto is a hill in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. Tinto is an outlying hill of the Southern Uplands, comprising little more than this one top, which stands on the west bank of the River Clyde, some west of Biggar. The peak is also called "Tinto Tap", with the name Tinto possibly deriving from the Scottish Gaelic word , meaning "fiery", which may refer to its ancient past as a look out beacon.

An old Scots children's rhyme tells of the "kist in the mist" at "Tintock tap", being the Scots word for " chest".

It is accessible for walking (moderate to difficult) and is one of the premier locations for hanggliding and paragliding. Tinto is located near the small villages of Thankerton and Wiston.

Tinto is also the venue for one of the most popular hill running races in Scotland which is held annually in November.

Usage examples of "tinto".

Bits popped out here and popped in there, further convolutions occurred and suddenly Tinto was.

Tinto is called Tinto because of the name on his back: Tintoy with the "y" scratched off.

Although he and Eddie knew that the evil twin lurked behind the Tinto disguise, the evil twin didn't know that they knew.

My key, however, was stolen from me and it fell into the dextrous hands of Tinto the clockwork barman.

He stole the Maguffin to trap me here in this world and must have passed it to Tinto for safekeeping.

Probably, I think now, so that Tinto would pass it on to you if something happened to Bill and you continued with the case.

When Tinto joined the Grail Brotherhood, and I saw what amazing things they could make, I had him build me this place.

He is the most powerful of the lot, and a man who makes my Tinto look like a mere schoolyard bully.

Deliberately he started to turn his back and when he did, Tinto Bill went for his gun.

Washed down with a couple of glasses of vino tinto, it wasn't at all bad.

Half a bottle of vino tinto and a huge platter of vermicelli with a mushroom-tomato sauce later, Maria-Teresa still hadn't shown up.

Both showed what would become the junction of the Odiel and Tinto Rivers in the twentieth century would have become, she thought with a mental stutter so familiar she hardly noticed it now.

Most of their mines, smelters and foundries are either here” she tapped the mountains directly north of Tartessos City, at the sources of the Rio Tinto “or scattered through here.

Other suspect meetings—between Tesco and Prescott, between Liddle client Rio Tinto Corporation and Blair himself—drew no questions.

Sir John Grahame, Sir John of Tinto, and Auchinleck assembled about 3000 mounted troops and a large number of foot, many of whom, however, were imperfectly armed.