TINCT
Tinct, v. t. Etym: [See Tinge.]
Defn: To color or stain; to imblue; to tint. [Archaic] Bacon.
TINCTORIAL Tinc*to"ri*al, a. Etym: [L. tinctorius, from tinctor a dyer, tingere, tinctum, to dye: cf. F. tinctorial. See Tinge.]
Defn: Of or relating to color or colors; imparting a color; as, tinctorial matter. Ure.
TINCTURE
Tinc"ture, n. Etym: [L. tinctura a dyeing, from tingere, tinctum, to
tinge, dye: cf. OE. tainture, teinture, F. teinture, L. tinctura. See
Tinge.]
1. A tinge or shade of color; a tint; as, a tincture of red.
2. (Her.)
Defn: One of the metals, colors, or furs used in armory.
Note: There are two metals: gold, called or, and represented in engraving by a white surface covered with small dots; and silver, called argent, and represented by a plain white surface. The colors and their representations are as follows: red, called gules, or a shading of vertical lines; blue, called azure, or horizontal lines; black, called sable, or horizontal and vertical lines crossing; green, called vert, or diagonal lines from dexter chief corner; purple, called purpure, or diagonal lines from sinister chief corner. The furs are ermine, ermines, erminois, pean, vair, counter vair, potent, and counter potent. See Illustration in Appendix.
3. 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.