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tinter|ˈtɪntə(r)|
[f. tint v. + -er1.]
a. One who or that which tints; now esp. an artist or painter skilful in tinting; spec.
b. a tinted glass slide used with plain slides in a magic lantern;
c. an instrument or machine for tinting or colouring paper or engraving tint-blocks;
d. Hairdressing. One employed to tint hair. Cf. tint v. d.
1823Byron Juan xiii. cxi, Good hours of fair cheeks are the fairest tinters. 1830Cunningham Brit. Painters II. 181 He was a most splendid tinter, but no colourist. 1862Thornbury Turner I. 48 The tinters of backgrounds still survive. 1891Lewis Wright Optical Projection viii. (1906) 122 Tinters may add very much to the pleasing effect of plain photographs, if used with suitable subjects. 1921Dict. Occup. Terms (1927) §920 Tinter,..washes and applies tint or colour to human hair on the head or in the manufacture of wigs. 1966J. S. Cox Illustr. Dict. Hairdressing p. ix, Words denoting a person engaged in some aspect of the Hairdressing or Wigmaking crafts..tinter. |