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▸ noun: (obsolete) A pigment or other substance that colours or dyes; specifically, a pigment used as a cosmetic. [15th–19th c.]
▸ noun: (by extension)
▸ noun: A colour or tint, especially if produced by a pigment or something which stains; a tinge.
▸ noun: (figuratively) A slight addition of a thing to something else; a shade, a touch, a trace.
▸ noun: (heraldry) A hue or pattern used in the depiction of a coat of arms; namely, a colour, fur, or metal.
▸ noun: (obsolete)
▸ noun: The act of colouring or dyeing.
▸ noun: (figuratively)
▸ noun: A slight physical quality other than colour (especially taste), or an abstract quality, added to something; a tinge.
▸ noun: A small flaw; a blemish, a stain.
▸ noun: (Christianity) Synonym of baptism
▸ noun: Scientific and alchemical senses.
▸ noun: (pharmacy) A medicine consisting of one or more substances dissolved in ethanol or some other solvent.
▸ noun: (by extension, humorous) A (small) alcoholic drink.
▸ noun: (obsolete except historical)
▸ noun: (alchemy)
▸ noun: An immaterial substance or spiritual principle which was thought capable of being instilled into physical things; also, the essence or spirit of something.
▸ noun: A material essence thought to be capable of extraction from a substance.
▸ noun: (chemistry) The part of a substance thought to be essential, finer, and/or more volatile, which could be extracted in a solution; also, the process of obtaining this.
▸ verb: (transitive)
▸ verb: (chiefly in past participle form) To colour or stain (something) with, or as if with, a dye or pigment.
▸ verb: (figuratively, chiefly in past participle form) Followed by with: to add to or impregnate (something) with (a slight amount of) an abstract or (obsolete) physical quality; to imbue, to taint, to tinge.
▸ verb: (pharmacy) To dissolve (a substance) in ethanol or some other solvent to produce a medicinal tincture.
▸ verb: (intransitive, rare) To have a taint or tinge of some quality.
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