TINT

n. v.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A slight coloring. Specifically: --

2.
n.

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.

3.
n.

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.

4.
v.

To give a slight coloring to; to tinge.


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