tinction

English

Etymology

From Latin tinctiō (“a soaking, dipping”).

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Noun

tinction (plural tinctions)

  1. A stain; a preparation for staining.
    • 1888, Frank Seaver Billings, Swine plague, page 108:
      […] not color as well as at others, even when fresh covering-glass specimens are made and exactly the same tinctions used.
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