English Dictionary

tincture

/ˈtɪŋ(k)tʃə/

verb

(chiefly in past participle form) To colour or stain (something) with, or as if with, a dye or pigment.

She tinctures the herbs to make a healing potion.

意味（1）

(chiefly in past participle form) To colour or stain (something) with, or as if with, a dye or pigment.

[T]hey are rich habilimented, their heads rounded vvith a golden caule: their cheekes tinctured vvith Vermillion, their noſes and eares hung vvith Ievvels of price and bigneſſe, and about their faces (tied to the chin) a rope of orient pearle of exceeding value, if not counterfeit: […]

意味（2）

(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.

Of fulgent beautie; but ſo pure a mind, / As if tinctur'd from Heaven, and ſo devin'd.

意味（3）

(pharmacy) To dissolve (a substance) in ethanol or some other solvent to produce a medicinal tincture.

Fill a glass jar full of plant matter, leaving an inch of space. (I prefer to tincture each herb separately and mix combinations as I need them.) Completely cover plants with 100-proof vodka, brandy, or vinegar and secure the lid tightly.

意味（4）

(intransitive, rare) To have a taint or tinge of some quality.

The portrait of the Author, prefixed, is engraved from a drawing by another of his friends, done from memory; it is like, but a likeneſs that tinctures of the prejudice of friendſhip.