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
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Know, O my lord, that anon will come to us a little craft bearing a banner of azure tinct and all its planks are of chaunders and lign-aloes of Comorin, the most precious of woods.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 13 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
What though it be only an azoic extract of intense potato, dimly tinct with sargasso and macaroni—it has a pleasing warmth and bulk.
From Shandygaff by Morley, Christopher
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
I mean to tinct C in sand-heat to-morrow, And give him imbibition.
From The Alchemist by Jonson, Ben