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tinted, ppl. a.|ˈtɪntɪd| [f. tint v.] a. Coloured, tinged or dyed (lit. or fig.); coloured in a manner specified by defining word in Comb. tinted drawing = tint-drawing: see tint n.1 3.
1756Crit. Rev. II. 340 The French author is not much oblig'd..to his English translator. We meet with..tinted ideas, propell'd,..devastated, bilious, and many others of this kind. To what language these most properly belong the translator best knows, most certainly not to our own. 1816Southey Poet's Pilgr. i. iv. 92 The autumnal-tinted groves. 1821Craig Lect. Drawing i. 15 Mr. Sandby..denominated this manner tinted drawing. 1831Williams Life & Corr. Sir T. Lawrence II. 351 note, The tinted drawings of Lawrence are calculated to give the finest feelings to the imagination. 1852Thackeray Esmond ii. xi, A face..like a tinted statue. 1905Daily Chron. 8 May 8/5 Talking of make-up reminds me of what we now call ‘tinted’ hair. 1905Westm. Gaz. 1 July 14/1 Frowning heights the outline of which stood out dark and desolate against the orange-tinted sky. 1973E. Lemarchand Let or Hindrance xiii. 160 A small brisk woman with auburn-tinted hair. b. Coloured, as for reducing the strength of light, e.g. tinted glass.
1905Proc. R. Soc. LXXIV. 528 A similar experiment was tried on a sample of the purple-tinted glass. 1911Index Catal. Libr. Surg.-Genl.'s Office, U.S. Army XVI. 222 (heading) Spectacles (tinted). 1978Morecambe Guardian 14 Mar. 32/6 (Advt.), 1974 Ford Capri..black vinyl roof, tinted glass. |