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

Yet, coming from him, that great medicine hath With his tinct gilded thee.”

From Folk-lore of Shakespeare by Thiselton-Dyer, Thomas Firminger

O Hamlet, speak no more: Thou turn'st mine eyes into my very soul; And there I see such black and grainéd spots As will not leave their tinct.

From The Canadian Elocutionist by Howard, Anna Kelsey

Till Britishry and Bonapartists lose Their clashing colours for the tawny hues That twilight sets on all its stealing tinct imbues.

From The Dynasts by Hardy, Thomas

Silvers flushed To amethyst and tinct with gold.

From Sword Blades and Poppy Seed by Lowell, Amy