Definition of tincture

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Tincture (n.) One of the metals, colors, or furs used in armory..

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Feathered :: Feathered (a.) Having feathers; -- said of an arrow, when the feathers are of a tincture different from that of the shaft..
Voided :: Voided (a.) Having the inner part cut away, or left vacant, a narrow border being left at the sides, the tincture of the field being seen in the vacant space; -- said of a charge..
Tincture :: Tincture (n.) A slight taste superadded to any substance; as, a tincture of orange peel..
Membered :: Membered (a.) Having legs of a different tincture from that of the body; -- said of a bird in heraldic representations.
Anime :: Anime (a.) Of a different tincture from the animal itself; -- said of the eyes of a rapacious animal.
Compone :: Compone (a.) Divided into squares of alternate tinctures in a single row; -- said of any bearing; or, in the case of a bearing having curved lines, divided into patches of alternate colors following the curve. If there are two rows it is called counter-compony..
Tincture :: Tincture (n.) A slight quality added to anything; a tinge; as, a tincture of French manners..
Distincture :: Distincture (n.) Distinctness.
Sable :: Sable (n.) The tincture black; -- represented by vertical and horizontal lines crossing each other.
Winged :: Winged (a.) Represented with wings, or having wings, of a different tincture from the body..
Spirit :: Spirit (n.) A solution in alcohol of a volatile principle. Cf. Tincture.
Smell :: Smell (v. i.) To have a particular tincture or smack of any quality; to savor; as, a report smells of calumny..
Smack :: Smack (v. i.) Taste or flavor, esp. a slight taste or flavor; savor; tincture; as, a smack of bitter in the medicine. Also used figuratively..
Alcoholature :: Alcoholature (n.) An alcoholic tincture prepared with fresh plants.
Suffusion :: Suffuse (v. t.) To overspread, as with a fluid or tincture; to fill or cover, as with something fluid; as, eyes suffused with tears; cheeks suffused with blushes..
Smatch :: Smatch (n.) Taste; tincture; smack.
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..
Fimbriated :: Fimbriated (a.) Having a very narrow border of another tincture; -- said esp. of an ordinary or subordinary.
Tinctured :: Tinctured (imp. & p. p.) of Tinctur.
Stainer :: Stain (n.) A tincture; a tinge.
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