tinct
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The afternoon was green; this do I recall; the haze in the atmosphere pregnant with the tinct of leaf and grass, so the water, the sky, all appeared submerged.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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A little too much lucent syrup tinct with cinnamon, don't you think?
From Ponkapog Papers by Aldrich, Thomas Bailey
The flame o' the taper Bows toward her; and would underpeep her lids To see the enclos'd lights, now canopied Under those windows, white and azure, lac'd With blue of heaven's own tinct!
From Characteristics of Women Moral, Poetical, and Historical by Jameson, Mrs. (Anna)
From thee the sapphire, solid ether, takes Its hue cerulean; and, of evening tinct, The purple streaming amethyst is thine.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol III, No 13, 1851 by Various
To see th' inclosed Lights, now Canopied Vnder these windowes, White and Azure lac'd With Blew of Heauens owne tinct.
From Cymbeline by Shakespeare, William