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tingent, a. Now rare or Obs.|ˈtɪndʒənt|
[ad. L. tingent-em, pres. pple. of ting-ĕre to colour, tinge.]
That tinges or colours, colouring, dyeing.
1650Ashmole Chym. Collect. 118 Those two Bodies are shining, in which are tingent splendid Raies. 1667Sprat Hist. R. Soc. 304 In some Colours and Stuffs the Tingent Liquor must be boyling. 1727–41Chambers Cycl. s.v. Dying, Some tingent liquors are fitted for use by long keeping. 1813E. Bancroft Dyeing, etc. I. 166 note, The tingent matter was in union with too great a proportion of the other constituents of the plant. |