The finer and more volatile parts of a substance, separated by a menstruum; or an extract of a part of the substance of a body, communicated to the menstruum. Hence,

In medicine, a spiritus solution of such of the proximate principles of vegetables and animals as are soluble in pure alcohol or proof- spirit wine or spirits containing medicinal substances in solution.

A tinge or shade of color; as a tincture of red.

Slight taste superadded to any substance; as a tincture or orange-peel.

Slight quality added to any thing; as a tincture of French manners. All manners take a tincture from our own.

To tinge; to communicate a slight foreign color to; to impregnate with some extraneous matter. A little black paint will tincture and spoil twenty gay colors.

To imbue the mind; to communicate a portion of any thing foreign; as a mind tinctured with skepticism.