tinct

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The afternoon was green; this do I recall; the haze in the atmosphere pregnant with the tinct of leaf and grass, so the water, the sky, all appeared submerged.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

O Hamlet, speak no more: Thou turn'st mine eyes into my very soul; And there I see such black and grained spots As will not leave their tinct.

From Hamlet by Shakespeare, William

Silvers flushed To amethyst and tinct with gold.

From Sword Blades and Poppy Seed by Lowell, Amy

My brother Joseph, years back, frankly gave His honest view that something should be done; And he, you well know, shows no ill tinct In his regard of you.

From The Dynasts by Hardy, Thomas

Yet, coming from him, that great medicine hath With his tinct gilded thee.”

From Folk-lore of Shakespeare by Thiselton-Dyer, Thomas Firminger