Literary notes about tinct (AI summary)
The word "tinct" is employed in literature with a fascinating dual function. On one hand, it serves as an abbreviation for "tincture" in medicinal and chemical formulations, denoting a substance dissolved in alcohol or another solvent, as seen in technical readings like those listing ingredients ([1], [2], [3]). On the other hand, it finds a poetic use to evoke a sense of lasting coloration or a symbolic stain—suggestive of inherent qualities or moral impacts—most notably in the works of Shakespeare where phrases such as "black and grained spots As will not leave their tinct" illustrate a mark that clings despite attempts at removal ([4], [5], [6]).
- geranii 0.6 parts Ol. caryophyll 0.6 parts Ol. rosæ 0.6 parts Ol. cinnam 0.6 parts Tinct.
— from Henley's Twentieth Century Formulas, Recipes and Processes - [112 MOTHERS' REMEDIES] 7. Cholera Morbus, Old Reliable Remedy for.— Tincture Rhubarh 4 ounces Spirits Camphor 2 ounces Paregoric (Tinct.
— from Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Thomas Jefferson Ritter - FOR HEMORRHAGE OF THE URETHRA, &C. ℞ Tinct.
— from Mother, Nurse and Infant A Manual Especially Adapted for the Guidance of Mothers and Monthly Nurses, Comprising Full Instruction in Regard To Pregnancy, Preparation for Child-birth, and the Care of Mother and Child, and Designed to Impart so Much Knowledge of Anatomy, Physiology, Midwifery, and the Proper Use of Medicines as Will Serve Intelligently to Direct the Wife, Mother and Nurse in All Emergencies. by S. P. Sackett - Thou turn’st mine eyes into my very soul, And there I see such black and grained spots As will not leave their tinct.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare - O, Hamlet, speak no more: Thou turn'st mine eyes into my very soul; And there I see such black and grainèd spots As will not leave their tinct.
— from Hamlet, Prince of Denmark by William Shakespeare - ] So dyed in grain , that they will not relinquish or lose their tinct—are not to be discharged.
— from Hamlet, Prince of Denmark by William Shakespeare
