Definitions
1.nounA pigment or other substance that colours or dyes.
2.nounA tint, or an added colour.
3.nounA colour or metal used in the depiction of a coat of arms.
4.nounAn alcoholic extract of plant material, used as a medicine.
5.nounA small alcoholic drink.
6.nounAn essential characteristic.
7.nounThe 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.
8.nounA slight taste superadded to any substance."a tincture of orange peel"
9.nounA slight quality added to anything; a tinge.
10.verbTo stain or impregnate (something) with color.
11.verbTo tinge; to taint.
12.verbTo soak (an organic substance) in alcohol or another liquid to produce a tincture.