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tincturing

adj

Etymology

From tincture (verb) + -ing.

  1. derived from *teng-✻ — “to dip; to soak”
  2. derived from -ure
  3. derived from tīnctūra — “act of dyeing”
  4. inherited from tincture — “a dye, pigment; a colour, hue, tint; process of colouring or dyeing; medicinal ointment or salve (perhaps one discolouring the skin); use of a medicinal tincture; (alchemy) transmutation of base metals into gold; ability to cause such transmutation; substance supposed to cause such transmutation”
  5. suffixed as tincturing — “tincture + ing”

Definitions

  1. Having the effect of colouring or staining with a dye or pigment.

    • No definite system was used for testing the tincturing and spreading powers of the pigments, or for testing their permanence.

  2. gerund of tincture

  3. present participle and gerund of tincture

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA