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Grammar : Noun
Spell : tingk-cher
Phonetic Transcription : ˈtɪŋk tʃər



Definition of tincture

Origin :
  • c.1400, from Latin tinctura "act of dyeing or tingeing," from tinctus "dye," past participle of tingere "to tinge, dye, moisten, soak," from PIE root *teng- "to soak" (cf. Old High German dunkon "to soak," Greek tengein "to moisten"). Meaning "solution of medicine in a mixture of alcohol" is first recorded 1640s. The verb is recorded from 1610s.
  • noun coloring
Example sentences :
  • 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.
  • Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by 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.
  • Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by 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.
  • Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton
  • Thou canst not withhold a tincture of lemon from the sweetest cup!
  • Extract from : « St. Cuthbert's » by Robert E. Knowles
  • Used as a sedative in tincture; ten to twenty drops in water.
  • Extract from : « Cattle and Their Diseases » by Robert Jennings
  • Externally, vesicant; used in form of ointment, or tincture.
  • Extract from : « Cattle and Their Diseases » by Robert Jennings
  • The water or brine solution must be at least twenty times the bulk of the tincture.
  • Extract from : « Field's Chromatography » by George Field
  • Tincture of larkspur, or an ointment made from the seeds, may also be used.
  • Extract from : « The Mother and Her Child » by William S. Sadler
  • Develop the color by going over the work with tincture of muriate of iron.
  • Extract from : « Handwork in Wood » by William Noyes
  • And an infusion or tincture of tobacco as recommended by Dr. Fowler of York.
  • Extract from : « Zoonomia, Vol. II » by Erasmus Darwin

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