tincturing

comparative more tincturing · superlative most tincturing

1. Having the effect of colouring or staining with a dye or pigment.

   No definite system was used for testing the tincturing and spreading powers of the pigments, or for testing their permanence.

   1911, The Mining World, volume 34, page 73

plural tincturings

1. gerund of tincture
   1. The act or process of colour or stain (something) with a dye or pigment.
   2. figurativelyThe act of adding to or impregnating something with an abstract quality.
   3. pharmacyThe act or process of dissolving (a substance) in ethanol or some other solvent to produce a medicinal tincture.

      At its simplest, tincturing involves chopping or grinding the source material as finely as possible, covering it with ethyl (grain) alcohol, and allowing the mixture to macerate, or steep, for two weeks or more.

      2009, Greg A. Marley, Mushrooms for Health: Medicinal Secrets of Northeastern Fungi, Down East Books

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of tincture