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Wreath :: Wreath (n.) An appendage to the shield, placed above it, and supporting the crest (see Illust. of Crest). It generally represents a twist of two cords of silk, one tinctured like the principal metal, the other like the principal color in the arms..

Extraction :: Extraction (n.) The act of extracting, or drawing out; as, the extraction of a tooth, of a bone or an arrow from the body, of a stump from earth, of a passage from a book, of an essence or tincture..

Tincture :: Tincture (n.) A tinge or shade of color; a tint; as, a tincture of red..

Tierce :: Tierce (a.) Divided into three equal parts of three different tinctures; -- said of an escutcheon.

Feathered :: Feathered (a.) Having feathers; -- said of an arrow, when the feathers are of a tincture different from that of the shaft..

Strong :: Strong (superl.) Having virtues of great efficacy; or, having a particular quality in a great degree; as, a strong powder or tincture; a strong decoction; strong tea or coffee..

Paregoric :: Paregoric (n.) A medicine that mitigates pain; an anodyne; specifically, camphorated tincture of opium; -- called also paregoric elexir..

Shafted :: Shafted (a.) Having a shaft; -- applied to a spear when the head and the shaft are of different tinctures.

Tincture :: Tincture (v. t.) To communicate a slight foreign color to; to tinge; to impregnate with some extraneous matter.

Tincture :: Tincture (n.) The finer and more volatile parts of a substance, separated by a solvent; an extract of a part of the substance of a body communicated to the solvent..

Guze :: Guze (n.) A roundlet of tincture sanguine, which is blazoned without mention of the tincture..

Smatch :: Smatch (n.) Taste; tincture; smack.

Rhabarbarate :: Rhabarbarate (a.) Impregnated or tinctured with rhubarb.

Counterchanged :: Counterchanged (a.) Having the tinctures exchanged mutually; thus, if the field is divided palewise, or and azure, and cross is borne counterchanged, that part of the cross which comes on the azure side will be or, and that on the or side will be azure..

Imbue :: Imbue (v. t.) To tincture deply; to cause to become impressed or penetrated; as, to imbue the minds of youth with good principles..

Tincture :: Tincture (n.) A solution (commonly colored) of medicinal substance in alcohol, usually more or less diluted; spirit containing medicinal substances in solution..

Acidulous :: Acidulous (a.) Slightly sour; sub-acid; sourish; as, an acidulous tincture..

Unguled :: Unguled (a.) Hoofed, or bearing hoofs; -- used only when these are of a tincture different from the body..

Sable :: Sable (n.) The tincture black; -- represented by vertical and horizontal lines crossing each other.

Smell :: Smell (v. i.) To have a particular tincture or smack of any quality; to savor; as, a report smells of calumny..

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