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▪ I. tinto, n.1|ˈtɪntəʊ|
[a. Sp. tinto tinted, deep-coloured, in vino tinto ‘a blackish wine in Spaine’ (Minsheu).]
Tent wine; = tent n.4 Also the name of a French wine: see quot. 1833. In recent use, short for vino tinto s.v. vino 3 or [Pg.] vinho tinto s.v. vinho (= red wine); a glass or drink of this.
1599Minsheu Sp. Dict., Dial. 6 Which will you haue Sir, Sack or Tinto [Sp. blanco o tinto]? Marg., Tinto is a wine in Spaine red and blackish. 1833C. Redding Wines (1851) 138 In the arrondissement of Montelimart [in France]..there is a vineyard..in the commune of Rochegude, and the wine produced there, called Tinto, sells for a hundred francs the hectolitre. 1858Simmonds Dict. Trade, Tinto, a red Madeira wine, wanting the high aroma of the white sorts; and, when old, resembling tawny port. 1958K. Amis I like it Here x. 128 What about some wine? Will you have the branco or the tinto? 1978M. Walker Infiltrator iii. 35 We got to one of the Galician bars..and I ordered two tintos.
▪ II. † tinto, a. and n.2 Obs.|ˈtɪntəʊ|
[a. It. tinto dyed, tinted; a dye.]
adj. Tinted; n. a tint: see quots.
1686W. Aglionby Painting Illustr. Explan. Terms, Tinto, is, when a thing is done only with one Colour, and that generally Black. 1739E. Carter Algarotti on ‘Newton's Theory’ (1742) I. 203 You will see Colours and half Tintos appear. |