tincture

IPA: tˈɪŋktʃɝ

Senses relating to colour, and to dipping something into a liquid.
(obsolete) A pigment or other substance that colours or dyes; specifically, a pigment used as a cosmetic. [:Template:SAFESUBST:–Template:SAFESUBST: c.]
(by extension)
A colour or tint, especially if produced by a pigment or something which stains; a tinge.
(figuratively) A slight addition of a thing to something else; a shade, a touch, a trace.
(heraldry) A hue or pattern used in the depiction of a coat of arms; namely, a colour, fur, or metal.
(obsolete)
The act of colouring or dyeing.
(figuratively)
A slight physical quality other than colour (especially taste), or an abstract quality, added to something; a tinge.
A small flaw; a blemish, a stain.
(Christianity) Synonym of baptism
Scientific and alchemical senses.
(pharmacy) A medicine consisting of one or more substances dissolved in ethanol or some other solvent.
(by extension, humorous) A (small) alcoholic drink.
(obsolete except historical)
(alchemy)
An immaterial substance or spiritual principle which was thought capable of being instilled into physical things; also, the essence or spirit of something.
A material essence thought to be capable of extraction from a substance.
(chemistry) The part of a substance thought to be essential, finer, and/or more volatile, which could be extracted in a solution; also, the process of obtaining this.

(transitive)
(chiefly in past participle form) To colour or stain (something) with, or as if with, a dye or pigment.
(figuratively, chiefly in past participle form) Followed by with: to add to or impregnate (something) with (a slight amount of) an abstract or (obsolete) physical quality; to imbue, to taint, to tinge.
(pharmacy) To dissolve (a substance) in ethanol or some other solvent to produce a medicinal tincture.
(intransitive, rare) To have a taint or tinge of some quality.

Examples of "tincture" in Sentences

This remedy is known as the tincture of _Apis mellifica_.
Thy tincture is that of the buffalo, and all souls shudder at thy sight.
And among them, one of the most valued is referred to as tincture of time.
Which reminds me of the word tincture, and not just because I was born on 4/20.
Expect to be audited by the government, and expect your auditors to be hired based on skin tincture, not ability.
A teaspoonful of the tincture is a sufficient dose with one or two tablespoonfuls of cold water, three times in the day.
Foxglove acts much more powerfully than the spirituous tincture, which is eight times stronger, and from this fact it may fairly be inferred that the presence of alcohol, as in the tincture, directly opposes the specific action of the plant.
The acetic solution and the tincture are the cleanliest and most agreeable preparations, but all are equally efficacious in destroying both the creatures and their eggs, and even in relieving the intolerable itching which their casual presence leaves behind on many sensitive skins.
First, that in all other parts of Europe the ancient language subsisted after the conquest, and at length incorporated with that of the conquerors; whereas in England the Saxon language received little or no tincture from the Welsh; and it seems, even among the lowest people, to have continued a dialect of pure Teutonic to the time in which it was itself blended with the Norman.