noun one of the metals, colors, or furs used in armory.
2. tincture ·noun a tinge or shade of color; a tint; as, a tincture of red.
3. tincture ·noun a slight taste superadded to any substance; as, a tincture of orange peel.
4. tincture ·noun a slight quality added to anything; a tinge; as, a tincture of french manners.
5. tincture ·vt to imbue the mind of; to communicate a portion of anything foreign to; to tinge.
6. tincture ·vt to communicate a slight foreign color to; to tinge; to impregnate with some extraneous matter.
7. tincture ·noun a solution (commonly colored) of medicinal substance in alcohol, usually more or less diluted; spirit containing medicinal substances in solution.
8. tincture ·noun 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.