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Webster 1913 Edition

Tint

Tint

,
Noun.
[For older
tinct
, fr. L.
tinctus
, p. p. of
tingere
to dye: cf. F.
teinte
,
teint
, It.
tinta
,
tinto
. See
Tinge
, and cf.
Taint
to stain, a stain,
Tent
a kind of wine,
Tinto
.]
A slight coloring.
Specifically: –
(a)
A pale or faint tinge of any color.
Or blend in beauteous
tints
the colored mass.
Pope.
Their vigor sickens, and their
tints
decline.
Harte.
(b)
A color considered with reference to other very similar colors;
as, red and blue are different colors, but two shades of scarlet are different
tints
.
(c)
(Engraving)
A shaded effect produced by the juxtaposition of many fine parallel lines.
Tint tool
(Eng.)
,
a species of graver used for cutting the parallel lines which produce tints in engraving.

Tint

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Tinted
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Tinting
.]
To give a slight coloring to; to tinge.

Webster 1828 Edition

Tint

TINT

,
Noun.
[L. tinctus, tingo. See Tinge.] A dye; a color, or rather a slight coloring or tincture distinct from the ground or principal color; as red with a blue tint,or tint of blue. In painting, tints are the colors considered as more or less bright, deep or thin, by the due use and intermixture of which a picture receives its shades, softness and variety.
Or blend in beauteous tint the color'd mass.
Their vigor sickens,and their tints decline.

TINT

,
Verb.
T.
To tinge; to give a slight coloring to.

Definition 2024

tînt

tînt

See also: tint

French

Verb

tînt

  1. third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of tenir

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