Tinction

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A stain; a preparation for staining.

    "[…] not color as well as at others, even when fresh covering-glass specimens are made and exactly the same tinctions used."

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coatcoatingcolorcolorationcoloringdistemper

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"[…] not color as well as at others, even when fresh covering-glass specimens are made and exactly the same tinctions used."

Etymology

From Latin tinctiō (“a soaking, dipping”).

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