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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Artifice is the strength of the world, and in that same mask of paint and powder, shadowed with vermeil tinct and most trimly pencilled, is woman's strength.
From The Works of Max Beerbohm by Beerbohm, Max, Sir
I have cured well-marked cases of Fungus Hæmatodes with the tinct.
From An Epitome of the Homeopathic Healing Art Containing the New Discoveries and Improvements to the Present Time by Hill, B. L. (Benjamin L.)
To see th' inclosed Lights, now Canopied Vnder these windowes, White and Azure lac'd With Blew of Heauens owne tinct.
From Cymbeline by Shakespeare, William
Silvers flushed To amethyst and tinct with gold.
From Sword Blades and Poppy Seed by Lowell, Amy
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.