tintn.1
/tɪnt/, U.S. /tɪnt/ 1.
a. A colour, hue, usually slight or delicate; a tinge; esp. one of the several lighter or deeper shades or varieties, or degrees of intensity, of the same colour: see quots. - 1848 at sense 2a, 18591 at sense 2a, 18592 at sense 2a, 1879 at sense 2a.
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the world > matter > colour > [noun] > a colour
bleec888
hue971
colourc1300
lita1325
tincture1477
tainture1490
taint1567
distain1581
complexion1597
tinct1604
tint1716
tinto1739
hwe-
1716 A. Pope Epist. Jervas in J. Dryden tr. C. A. du Fresnoy Art of Painting (ed. 2) sig. A6v Whether thy Hand strike out some free Design,..Or blend in beauteous Tints the colour'd Mass.
a1771 T. Gray Ode in W. Mason Mem. Life & Writings (1775) 237 Chastis'd by sabler tints of woe.
1798 W. Wordsworth Thorn in W. Wordsworth & S. T. Coleridge Lyrical Ballads v. 120 Ah me! what lovely tints are there! Of olive-green and scarlet bright.
1834 M. Somerville On Connexion Physical Sci. xxxvi. 387 Exhibiting all the variety of tints that indicates the changes of combustion.
1838 T. Thomson Chem. Org. Bodies 516 It is nearly colourless, having only a slight tint of yellow.
1878 R. W. Dale Lect. Preaching (ed. 3) v. 128 Autumn tints of brown and gold.
b. figurative in various senses; esp. Quality, character, kind; a slight imparted or modifying character, a ‘tinge’ of something.
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the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > character or nature > [noun]
birtha1250
the manner ofc1300
formc1310
propertyc1390
naturea1393
condition1393
qualitya1398
temperc1400
taragec1407
naturality?a1425
profession?a1439
affecta1460
temperament1471
essence?1533
affection1534
spirit?1534
temperature1539
natural spirit1541
character1577
complexion1589
tincture1590
idiom1596
qualification1602
texture1611
connativea1618
thread1632
genius1639
complexure1648
quale1654
indoles1672
suchness1674
staminaa1676
trim1707
tenor1725
colouring1735
tint1760
type1843
aura1859
thusness1883
physis1923
the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > a small quantity or amount > a slight touch or trace
specec1330
taste1390
lisounc1400
savourc1400
smatcha1500
smell?a1505
spice1531
smack1539
shadow1586
surmise1586
relish1590
tang1593
touch1597
stain1609
tincture1612
dasha1616
soula1616
twanga1640
whiff1644
haut-goût1650
casta1661
stricturea1672
tinge1736
tinct1752
vestige1756
smattering1764
soupçon1766
smutch1776
shade1791
suspicion1809
lineament1811
trait1815
tint1817
trace1827
skiff1839
spicing1844
smudgea1871
ghost1887
1760 L. Sterne Serm. xix Each one lends it something of its own complexional tint and character.
1768 L. Sterne Sentimental Journey II. 27 Liberty,..no tint of words can spot thy snowy mantle.
1817 Ld. Byron Manfred iii. ii. 63 Our inborn spirits have a tint of thee.
1825 T. Jefferson Autobiogr. in Wks. (1859) I. 114 His virtue was of the purest tint.
1901 Empire Rev. 1 369 In New South Wales..free trade was the dominant tint [at the election].
c. Hairdressing. An artificial colouring, less permanent than a dye, applied to enhance the colour of the hair; an application of this.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > preparations used on the hair > [noun] > colours
wash1670
permanent dye1815
blondine1888
hair lightener1892
washable distemper1894
reng1901
tint1921
blue rinse1924
rinse1928
permanent tint1960
powder colour1966
toner1966
the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > [noun] > colouring > application of a colour
Whitechapel shave1863
blue rinse1924
lowlighting1936
rinse1942
tint1979
1921 Dict. Occup. Terms (1927) §920 Tinter,..washes and applies tint or colour to human hair on the head or in the manufacture of wigs.
1957 Encycl. Brit. VI. 496 a/2 The tint..is only temporary and is not a dye in the true sense.
1979 ‘M. Hebden’ Pel & Faceless Corpse x. 109 What is it you wanted? Tint? Shampoo? Or a cut?
2. spec.
a. Painting: see quots. middle tint, prime tint: see middle n. 7, prime adj. and adv. Compounds.
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1753 W. Hogarth Anal. Beauty xiii. 179 Light and shades..become, as it were, our materials, of which ‘prime tints’ are the principal. By these I mean the fixed and permanent colours of each object, as the green of trees, &c.
a1806 J. Barry in R. N. Wornum Lect. on Painting (1848) 183 The middle tint, or intermediate passage between the two masses of light and dark.
1848 R. N. Wornum Lect. on Painting vi. 211 Although there are but three primitive colours, painters have nine. These are—Yellow, Red, Blue,..Orange, Purple, Green,..Russet, Olive, Citrine... All other gradations of colour are mere tints of the above; dark or light, according as they are mixed with black or white, or according to the proportions in which they are compounded; thus the variety of tints is infinite.
1859 T. J. Gullick & J. Timbs Painting 8 (note) Tints differ from each other in being simply lighter or darker, but hues differ in colour.
1859 T. J. Gullick & J. Timbs Painting 8 In ordinary usage, however, by ‘tints’ we frequently mean colours generally, and the word is often substituted for ‘hues’.
1879 Pole in Nature 6 Nov. 15/2 (note) In technical language mixtures of a colour with white are called tints, with black, shades.
b. Engraving. The effect produced by a series of fine parallel lines more or less closely drawn so as to produce an even and uniform shading. crossed tint, one produced by lines crossing at right angles. ruled tint, one produced by a single series of parallel lines. safety tint, that used on bills of exchange, cheques, etc., either as a ground of the whole surface, or specially on the parts which have to be completed in writing, as a security against alterations.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > printmaking > engraving > [noun] > representation of colour > hatching
hatcha1650
hatchinga1650
counter-hatch1662
counter-hatching1662
cross-hatching1822
cross-hatch1860
tint1880
1880 Printing Trades Jrnl. xxxi. 6 Worked in black, and light tints, on a stone coloured paper.
Compounds
attributive and in other combinations, as tint work; tint-block n. a block of wood or metal hatched with fine parallel lines suitable for printing tints. tint-drawing n. drawing in diluted shades of various colours, or in one colour so that the gradations are produced by washes of pigment. tint-tool n. an implement used for hatching or graving a tint-block.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > printmaking > engraving > [noun] > engraving tools
pouncer1552
graving tool1591
pounce1598
puncheon1659
burin1662
eschoppe1662
graver1662
needle1662
point1662
style1662
sculpter1680
scalper1688
small chisel1749
roulette1806
engraver1821
dry-point1837
scooper1837
stylet1853
tint-tool1869
diamond-point1874
spit-sticker1909
bull-sticker1933
1869 Eng. Mech. 10 Dec. 298/3 Tint-tools.
1873 E. Spon Workshop Receipts 1st Ser. 147/1 The parallel lines forming an even and uniform tint, as in the representation of a clear sky, are obtained by what is called the tint-tool.
1884 St. James's Gaz. 24 Oct. 7/1 Mr. Linton..draws an emphatic distinction between wood-cutting..and wood-engraving, or white-line tint-work.
1897 Daily News 23 Apr. 6/5 He..is seen to most advantage in tint works, such as the View over Romney Marsh.
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tintn.2
dialect.
1. ? A trial, taste, touch; a foretaste; a trace, indication (of anything). Scottish.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > [noun] > preview, foretaste
arlesc1220
earnestc1225
forelook1357
foresight1422
foretaste1435
earnest pennya1438
before-tasting1526
prelibation1526
tasting1526
promise?1533
say1549
to-looka1572
handsel1573
assay1597
antepast1604
prefruitiona1631
cue1647
pregustation1656
pregustator1670
scene1691
tint1768
outlook1823
fore-view1831
preview1882
1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess iii. 122 Great search for her was made, baith far an' near, But tint nor tryal never cud appear.
1842 W. Thom in Whistle-Binkie 4th Ser. 46 The half-ta'en kiss..Is, heaven kens, fu' sweet amen's, An' tints o' heaven here.
1887 D. Donaldson Jamieson's Sc. Dict. Suppl. Tint, proof, evidence, indication; forecast, foretaste; ‘The beast's awa, and ye'll ne'er get tint or wittins o't.’
2. After negative: (Not) a bit, particle, atom.
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the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > small of quantity, amount, or degree [phrase] > in the least or the slightest degree
the leastc1400
any whit1526
one whit1526
(not) a wink1596
in the least1608
in the smallesta1616
in the leastwise1676
tint1886
a1225 Leg. Kath. 1254 Þæt nefde hare nan tunge to tauelin a tint wið.]
1886 R. Mulholland Marcella Grace xii We haven't had a tint o' milk these three days.
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tintadj.
/tɪnt/, U.S. /tɪnt/, Scottish English /tɪnt/ Now only Scottish and northern dialect.
Lost.
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the mind > possession > loss > [adjective] > lost
tinta1340
forlostc1374
withlosena1400
unrecovered1433
lost1526
forlorn1577
imbecilea1677
missed1763
society > morality > moral evil > moral or spiritual degeneration > [adjective] > morally or spiritually ruined or lost
forlorn1154
tinta1340
losta1533
a1340 R. Rolle Psalter xvii. 18 Bot if ȝe lefe ȝoure syn and doe penaunce ȝe be tynt men.
c1480 (a1400) St. Andrew 438 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 76 How þe tynt sawlis of almen war brocht to þe restorynge of þe croice.
c1500 W. Kennedy Passion of Christ 214 Lord and King, Send fra þe hevin the tynt man to recure.
1636 A. Montgomerie Cherrie & Slae (new ed.) 816 Tint time we may not get againe.
1725 A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd iii. iii But we're nae sooner fools to give consent, Than we our daffin, and tint power repent.
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tintv.
/tɪnt/, U.S. /tɪnt/ a. transitive. To impart a tint to; to colour, esp. slightly or with delicate shades; to tinge. Also absol.
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the world > matter > colour > colouring > colour [verb (transitive)]
dyea1000
huec1000
litc1230
coloura1325
paint?c1335
infecta1398
taint1471
recolour1566
becolour1567
tinct1594
colorate1599
colourize1611
tincture1616
tint1791
encolour1850
pigment1896
1791 A. Radcliffe Romance of Forest I. i. 21 The sun at length tinted the eastern clouds and the tops of the highest hills.
1833 J. Rennie Alphabet Sci. Angling 22 Silken or hempen lines may be tinted by a decoction of oak bark.
1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xvi. 106 The sun..still tinted the clouds with red and purple.
1873 W. Black Princess of Thule xxvii. 454 The beautiful colours of August tinting the great masses of rock.
1893 Westm. Gaz. 28 Feb. 3/1 I can't call him a painter at all. A man of marvellous imagination, a surprising flow of lovely fancies—but a painter, no! He merely tints.
b. technical. (See quot. 1857.)
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1857 E. L. Youmans Handbk. Househ. Sci. §161 By the addition of black the red is said to be shaded, by the addition of white it is tinted.
c. intransitive for passive. To become tinted or coloured.
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the world > matter > colour > colouring > become coloured [verb (intransitive)]
fleckena1642
hue1682
tone1868
tint1892
1892 Pict. World 7 May 32/3 The forced leaves..begin to tint in about three hours.
d. transitive. Hairdressing. To colour (the hair) with a tint. See tint n.1 1c.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > beautify (the hair) [verb (transitive)] > colour
dyec1386
colour1600
henna1851
blondine1894
peroxide1899
tint1921
highlight1935
rinse1959
blue-rinse1962
streak1965
1921 [implied in: Dict. Occup. Terms (1927) §920 Tinter,..washes and applies tint or colour to human hair on the head or in the manufacture of wigs. (at tinter n. d)].
1966 J. Stevens Cox Illustr. Dict. Hairdressing & Wigmaking 149/2 Tint, to dye. The word tint, used for dye, is one of the many euphemisms employed in the hairdressing craft.
1977 A. Morice Scared to Death xvii. 119 I'm going a bit grey... So I have it tinted three or four times a year.
Derivatives
ˈtintable adj. [-able suffix] capable of being tinted.
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the world > matter > colour > colouring > [adjective] > able to be coloured
tingible1656
tintable1974
1974 Spartanburg (S. Carolina) Herald 18 Apr. (K mart Advts. Suppl.) 10 Washable latex acrylic is tintable to hundreds of colors!
1979 Chatelaine (Canada) Jan. 95/2 (advt.) The bifocals with no lines. They're featherweight and tintable.
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