Meaning

• A pigment or other substance that colours or dyes.

• A tint, or an added colour.

• A colour or metal used in the depiction of a coat of arms.

• An alcoholic extract of plant material, used as a medicine.

• A small alcoholic drink.

• An essential characteristic.

• The finer and more volatile parts of a substance, separated by a solvent; an extract of a part of the substance of a body communicated to the solvent.

• A slight taste superadded to any substance.

  "a tincture of orange peel"

• A slight quality added to anything; a tinge.

Meaning

• To stain or impregnate (something) with color.

• To tinge; to taint.

• To soak (an organic substance) in alcohol or another liquid to produce a tincture.