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TINCTURE

Volume 3 · 64 words · 1771 Edition

in pharmacy and chemistry, a separation of the finer and more volatile parts of a mixed body, made by means of a proper menstruum dissolving and retaining the same.

Tincture, in heraldry, the hue or colour of any thing in coat armour, under which denomination may be also included the two metals, or and argent, because they are often represented by yellow and white.