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tinct
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Word definitions for tinct in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Tinct \Tinct\, a. [L. tinctus, p. p. of tingere to tinge. See Tinge .] Tined; tinged. [Archaic] --Spenser.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
abbr. tincture tinged or lightly coloured n. a tint or colour v to tint, tinge or colour
Usage examples of tinct.
Of burnished metal, fretted and embossed With all the marvelous story of her birth Painted in prodigal splendor of rich tincts, And carved by heavenly artists,--crystal seas, And long-haired Nereids in their pearly shells, And all the wonder of her lucent limbs Sphered in a vermeil mist.
The tub was filled with steaming water tinct with sweet oils and strewn with unseasonable primrose petals like flakes of the sun.