A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1600-1699
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Tincture, Tinckture, n. [Late ME and e.m.E. tincture (c1400).] fig. An appearance, tinge, coloration. b. A pharmaceutical preparation, a medicament. — 16.. Herries Mem. 66.
The very offer of love leaves a tinckture of respect more then ordinarie in that sex 1651 Blairs P. 136.
& getting a perfyte good tincture of piety in Douay 1683 Coll. Aberd. & B. 104.
The more tincture it hath of marblie ground with it, the better it is both for grass and corne 1687 N. Paterson Moristonus Martyr (see Ting n.).
Tincture —b. 1699 Cromartie Corr. I 143.
A miskin of Dr. Laurs tincture
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