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

Silvers flushed To amethyst and tinct with gold.

From Sword Blades and Poppy Seed by Lowell, Amy

From thee the sapphire, solid ether, takes Its hue cerulean; and, of evening tinct, The purple streaming amethyst is thine.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol III, No 13, 1851 by Various

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

But whence, Think you, this tinct of cinnamon that makes The savor of the dish.

From The Blood of Rachel A Dramatization of Esther, and other poems by Noe, Cotton