Word Meaning

Meaning of "tincture" and the crossword clue

- Impregnate
- Medicinal solution; colouring agent
- Slight trace
- A tinge or shade of color; a tint; as, a tincture of red.
- One of the metals, colors, or furs used in armory.
- The finer and more volatile parts of a substance, separated by a solvent; an extract of a part of the substance of a body communicated to the solvent.
- A solution (commonly colored) of medicinal substance in alcohol, usually more or less diluted; spirit containing medicinal substances in solution.
- A slight taste superadded to any substance; as, a tincture of orange peel.
- A slight quality added to anything; a tinge; as, a tincture of French manners.
- To communicate a slight foreign color to; to tinge; to impregnate with some extraneous matter.
- To imbue the mind of; to communicate a portion of anything foreign to; to tinge.