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tincturing en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree English tincture Middle English -ynge English -ing English tincturing From tincture (verb) + -ing.

Meanings

  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. 1911, The Mining World, volume 34, page 73:

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tincturing en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English tincture Middle English -ynge English -ing English tincturing From tincture (verb) + -ing.

Meanings

  1. gerund of tincture ▸ The act or process of colour or stain (something) with a dye or pigment.
  2. (figuratively) gerund of tincture ▸ The act of adding to or impregnating something with an abstract quality.
  3. (qualifier:pharmacy) gerund of tincture ▸ The act or process of dissolving (a substance) in ethanol or some other solvent to produce a medicinal tincture.
    • At its simplest, tincturing involves chopping or grinding the source material as finely as possible, covering it with ethyl (grain) alcohol, and allowing the mixture to macerate, or steep, for two weeks or more. 2009, Greg A. Marley, Mushrooms for Health: Medicinal Secrets of Northeastern Fungi, Down East Books:

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tincturing en · VERB

Etymology

Etymology tree English tincture Middle English -ynge English -ing English tincturing From tincture (verb) + -ing.

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of tincture
    form of tincture