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tint
(encz) | tint,kolorovat v: Zdeněk Brož |
tint
(encz) | tint,nádech n: Zdeněk Brož |
tint
(encz) | tint,odstín n: Zdeněk Brož |
tint
(encz) | tint,zabarvit v: Zdeněk Brož |
Tint
(gcide) | Tint \Tint\, n. [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:
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(a) A pale or faint tinge of any color.
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Or blend in beauteous tints the colored mass.
--Pope.
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Their vigor sickens, and their tints decline.
--Harte.
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(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.
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(c) (Engraving) A shaded effect produced by the juxtaposition
of many fine parallel lines.
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Tint tool (Eng.), a species of graver used for cutting the
parallel lines which produce tints in engraving.
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Tint
(gcide) | Tint \Tint\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tinted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Tinting.]
To give a slight coloring to; to tinge.
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tint
(wn) | tint
n 1: a quality of a given color that differs slightly from
another color; "after several trials he mixed the shade of
pink that she wanted" [syn: shade, tint, tincture,
tone]
v 1: color lightly; "her greying hair was tinged blond"; "the
leaves were tinged red in November" [syn: tint, tinct,
tinge, touch] |
tint
(foldoc) | hue
tint
(Or "tint") The coordinate in the HSB {colour
model} that determines the frequency of light or the position
in the spectrum or the relative amounts of red, green and
blue. Hue corresponds to the common definition of colour,
e.g. "red", "orange", "violet" etc. The other coordinates are
saturation and brightness.
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tint
(foldoc) | TINT
Interpreted version of JOVIAL.
[Sammet 1969, p. 528].
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justintime
(mass) | just-in-time
- práve včas |
stint
(mass) | stint
- obmedziť |
unstinted
(mass) | unstinted
- štedrý |
aquatint
(encz) | aquatint,akvantita Zdeněk Brož |
mezzotint
(encz) | mezzotint,mezzotinta Zdeněk Brož |
not on your tintype
(encz) | not on your tintype, |
rose-tinted
(encz) | rose-tinted, |
stint
(encz) | stint,omezit v: Zdeněk Brožstint,pracovní pobyt n: webstint,stáž Zdeněk Brožstint,škudlit v: Zdeněk Brož |
stinter
(encz) | stinter, n: |
stinting
(encz) | stinting, adj: |
tintack
(encz) | tintack, n: |
tinted
(encz) | tinted,přibarvený adj: Zdeněk Brožtinted,zabarvený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
tinter
(encz) | tinter, n: |
tinting
(encz) | tinting, n: |
tintinnabulate
(encz) | tintinnabulate, v: |
tintinnabulation
(encz) | tintinnabulation, |
tintometer
(encz) | tintometer, n: |
tintoretto
(encz) | Tintoretto, |
tintype
(encz) | tintype, |
unstinted
(encz) | unstinted,štědrý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
unstinting
(encz) | unstinting, |
unstintingly
(encz) | unstintingly,štědře adv: Zdeněk Brož |
mezzotinta
(czen) | mezzotinta,mezzotint Zdeněk Brož |
Aquatint
(gcide) | Aquatint \A"qua*tint\, Aquatinta \A`qua*tin"ta\, n. [It.
acquatinta dyed water; acqua (L. aqua) water + tinto, fem.
tinta, dyed. See Tint.]
A kind of etching in which spaces are bitten by the use of
aqua fortis, by which an effect is produced resembling a
drawing in water colors or India ink; also, the engraving
produced by this method.
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1. to etch in aquatint.
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aquatint
(gcide) | Aquatint \A"qua*tint\, Aquatinta \A`qua*tin"ta\, n. [It.
acquatinta dyed water; acqua (L. aqua) water + tinto, fem.
tinta, dyed. See Tint.]
A kind of etching in which spaces are bitten by the use of
aqua fortis, by which an effect is produced resembling a
drawing in water colors or India ink; also, the engraving
produced by this method.
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1. to etch in aquatint.
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Aquatinta
(gcide) | Aquatint \A"qua*tint\, Aquatinta \A`qua*tin"ta\, n. [It.
acquatinta dyed water; acqua (L. aqua) water + tinto, fem.
tinta, dyed. See Tint.]
A kind of etching in which spaces are bitten by the use of
aqua fortis, by which an effect is produced resembling a
drawing in water colors or India ink; also, the engraving
produced by this method.
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Bocydium tintinnabuliferum
(gcide) | Bell bearer \Bell" bear`er\ (Zool.)
A Brazilian leaf hopper (Bocydium tintinnabuliferum),
remarkable for the four bell-shaped appendages of its thorax.
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Demitint
(gcide) | Demitint \Dem"i*tint`\, n. (Fine Arts)
(a) That part of a painting, engraving, or the like, which is
neither in full darkness nor full light.
(b) The shade itself; neither the darkest nor the lightest in
a composition. Also called half tint.
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Electro-tint
(gcide) | Electro-tint \E*lec"tro-tint`\, n. (Fine Arts)
A style of engraving in relief by means of voltaic
electricity. A picture is drawn on a metallic plate with some
material which resists the fluids of a battery; so that, in
electro-typing, the parts not covered by the varnish, etc.,
receive a deposition of metal, and produce the required copy
in intaglio. A cast of this is then the plate for printing.
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Flat tint
(gcide) | Flat \Flat\ (fl[a^]t), a. [Compar. Flatter (fl[a^]t"r[~e]r);
superl. Flattest (fl[a^]t"t[e^]st).] [Akin to Icel. flatr,
Sw. flat, Dan. flad, OHG. flaz, and AS. flet floor, G.
fl["o]tz stratum, layer.]
1. Having an even and horizontal surface, or nearly so,
without prominences or depressions; level without
inclination; plane.
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Though sun and moon
Were in the flat sea sunk. --Milton.
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2. Lying at full length, or spread out, upon the ground;
level with the ground or earth; prostrate; as, to lie flat
on the ground; hence, fallen; laid low; ruined; destroyed.
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What ruins kingdoms, and lays cities flat! --Milton.
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I feel . . . my hopes all flat. --Milton.
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3. (Fine Arts) Wanting relief; destitute of variety; without
points of prominence and striking interest.
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A large part of the work is, to me, very flat.
--Coleridge.
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4. Tasteless; stale; vapid; insipid; dead; as, fruit or drink
flat to the taste.
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5. Unanimated; dull; uninteresting; without point or spirit;
monotonous; as, a flat speech or composition.
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How weary, stale, flat, and unprofitable
Seem to me all the uses of this world. --Shak.
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6. Lacking liveliness of commercial exchange and dealings;
depressed; dull; as, the market is flat.
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7. Clear; unmistakable; peremptory; absolute; positive;
downright.
Syn: flat-out.
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Flat burglary as ever was committed. --Shak.
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A great tobacco taker too, -- that's flat.
--Marston.
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8. (Mus.)
(a) Below the true pitch; hence, as applied to intervals,
minor, or lower by a half step; as, a flat seventh; A
flat.
(b) Not sharp or shrill; not acute; as, a flat sound.
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9. (Phonetics) Sonant; vocal; -- applied to any one of the
sonant or vocal consonants, as distinguished from a
nonsonant (or sharp) consonant.
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10. (Golf) Having a head at a very obtuse angle to the shaft;
-- said of a club.
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11. (Gram.) Not having an inflectional ending or sign, as a
noun used as an adjective, or an adjective as an adverb,
without the addition of a formative suffix, or an
infinitive without the sign to. Many flat adverbs, as in
run fast, buy cheap, are from AS. adverbs in -["e], the
loss of this ending having made them like the adjectives.
Some having forms in ly, such as exceeding, wonderful,
true, are now archaic.
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12. (Hort.) Flattening at the ends; -- said of certain
fruits.
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Flat arch. (Arch.) See under Arch, n., 2. (b).
Flat cap, cap paper, not folded. See under Paper.
Flat chasing, in fine art metal working, a mode of
ornamenting silverware, etc., producing figures by dots
and lines made with a punching tool. --Knight.
Flat chisel, a sculptor's chisel for smoothing.
Flat file, a file wider than its thickness, and of
rectangular section. See File.
Flat nail, a small, sharp-pointed, wrought nail, with a
flat, thin head, larger than a tack. --Knight.
Flat paper, paper which has not been folded.
Flat rail, a railroad rail consisting of a simple flat bar
spiked to a longitudinal sleeper.
Flat rods (Mining), horizontal or inclined connecting rods,
for transmitting motion to pump rods at a distance.
--Raymond.
Flat rope, a rope made by plaiting instead of twisting;
gasket; sennit.
Note: Some flat hoisting ropes, as for mining shafts, are
made by sewing together a number of ropes, making a
wide, flat band. --Knight.
Flat space. (Geom.) See Euclidian space.
Flat stitch, the process of wood engraving. [Obs.] -- {Flat
tint} (Painting), a coat of water color of one uniform shade.
To fall flat (Fig.), to produce no effect; to fail in the
intended effect; as, his speech fell flat.
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Of all who fell by saber or by shot,
Not one fell half so flat as Walter Scott. --Lord
Erskine.
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Flesh tint
(gcide) | Flesh \Flesh\ (fl[e^]sh), n. [OE. flesch, flesc, AS. fl[=ae]sc;
akin to OFries. fl[=a]sk, D. vleesch, OS. fl[=e]sk, OHG.
fleisc, G. fleisch, Icel. & Dan. flesk lard, bacon, pork, Sw.
fl[aum]sk.]
1. The aggregate of the muscles, fat, and other tissues which
cover the framework of bones in man and other animals;
especially, the muscles.
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Note: In composition it is mainly proteinaceous, but contains
in adition a large number of low-molecular-weight
subtances, such as creatin, xanthin, hypoxanthin,
carnin, etc. It is also rich in potassium phosphate.
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2. Animal food, in distinction from vegetable; meat;
especially, the body of beasts and birds used as food, as
distinguished from fish.
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With roasted flesh, or milk, and wastel bread.
--Chaucer.
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3. The human body, as distinguished from the soul; the
corporeal person.
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As if this flesh, which walls about our life,
Were brass impregnable. --Shak.
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4. The human eace; mankind; humanity.
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All flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
--Gen. vi. 12.
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5. Human nature:
(a) In a good sense, tenderness of feeling; gentleness.
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There is no flesh in man's obdurate heart.
--Cowper.
(b) In a bad sense, tendency to transient or physical
pleasure; desire for sensual gratification; carnality.
(c) (Theol.) The character under the influence of animal
propensities or selfish passions; the soul unmoved by
spiritual influences.
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6. Kindred; stock; race.
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He is our brother and our flesh. --Gen. xxxvii.
27.
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7. The soft, pulpy substance of fruit; also, that part of a
root, fruit, and the like, which is fit to be eaten.
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Note: Flesh is often used adjectively or self-explaining
compounds; as, flesh broth or flesh-broth; flesh brush
or fleshbrush; flesh tint or flesh-tint; flesh wound.
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After the flesh, after the manner of man; in a gross or
earthly manner. "Ye judge after the flesh." --John viii.
15.
An arm of flesh, human strength or aid.
Flesh and blood. See under Blood.
Flesh broth, broth made by boiling flesh in water.
Flesh fly (Zool.), one of several species of flies whose
larv[ae] or maggots feed upon flesh, as the bluebottle
fly; -- called also meat fly, carrion fly, and
blowfly. See Blowly.
Flesh meat, animal food. --Swift.
Flesh side, the side of a skin or hide which was next to
the flesh; -- opposed to grain side.
Flesh tint (Painting), a color used in painting to imitate
the hue of the living body.
Flesh worm (Zool.), any insect larva of a flesh fly. See
Flesh fly (above).
Proud flesh. See under Proud.
To be one flesh, to be closely united as in marriage; to
become as one person. --Gen. ii. 24.
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Half tint
(gcide) | Half \Half\ (h[aum]f), a. [AS. healf, half, half; as a noun,
half, side, part; akin to OS., OFries., & D. half, G. halb,
Sw. half, Dan. halv, Icel. h[=a]lfr, Goth. halbs. Cf.
Halve, Behalf.]
1. Consisting of a moiety, or half; as, a half bushel; a half
hour; a half dollar; a half view.
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Note: The adjective and noun are often united to form a
compound.
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2. Consisting of some indefinite portion resembling a half;
approximately a half, whether more or less; partial;
imperfect; as, a half dream; half knowledge.
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Assumed from thence a half consent. --Tennyson.
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Half ape (Zool.), a lemur.
Half back. (Football) See under 2d Back.
Half bent, the first notch, for the sear point to enter, in
the tumbler of a gunlock; the halfcock notch.
Half binding, a style of bookbinding in which only the back
and corners are in leather.
Half boarder, one who boards in part; specifically, a
scholar at a boarding school who takes dinner only.
Half-breadth plan (Shipbuilding), a horizontal plan of one
half a vessel, divided lengthwise, showing the lines.
Half cadence (Mus.), a cadence on the dominant.
Half cap, a slight salute with the cap. [Obs.] --Shak.
At half cock, the position of the cock of a gun when
retained by the first notch.
Half hitch, a sailor's knot in a rope; half of a clove
hitch.
Half hose, short stockings; socks.
Half measure, an imperfect or weak line of action.
Half note (Mus.), a minim, one half of a semibreve.
Half pay, half of the wages or salary; reduced pay; as, an
officer on half pay.
Half price, half the ordinary price; or a price much
reduced.
Half round.
(a) (Arch.) A molding of semicircular section.
(b) (Mech.) Having one side flat and the other rounded; --
said of a file.
Half shift (Mus.), a position of the hand, between the open
position and the first shift, in playing on the violin and
kindred instruments. See Shift.
Half step (Mus.), a semitone; the smallest difference of
pitch or interval, used in music.
Half tide, the time or state of the tide equally distant
from ebb and flood.
Half time, half the ordinary time for work or attendance;
as, the half-time system.
Half tint (Fine Arts), a middle or intermediate tint, as in
drawing or painting. See Demitint.
Half truth, a statement only partially true, or which gives
only a part of the truth. --Mrs. Browning.
Half year, the space of six months; one term of a school
when there are two terms in a year.
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Lithotint
(gcide) | Lithotint \Lith"o*tint\, n. [Litho- + tint.]
1. A kind of lithography by which the effect of a tinted
drawing is produced, as if made with India ink.
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2. A picture produced by this process.
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Mezzotint
(gcide) | Mezzotint \Mez"zo*tint\, n. [Cf. F. mezzo-tinto.]
A manner of engraving on copper or steel by drawing upon a
surface previously roughened, and then removing the roughness
in places by scraping, burnishing, etc., so as to produce the
requisite light and shade. Also, an engraving so produced.
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To engrave in mezzotint.
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Mezzotinter
(gcide) | Mezzotinter \Mez"zo*tint`er\, n.
One who engraves in mezzotint.
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Mezzotinto
(gcide) | Mezzotinto \Mez`zo*tin"to\, n. [It. mezzo half + tinto tinted,
p. p. of tingere to dye, color, tinge, L. tingere. See
Mezzo.]
Mezzotint.
[1913 Webster]Mezzotinto \Mez`zo*tin"to\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mezzotintoed;
p. pr. & vb. n. Mezzotintoing.]
To engrave in mezzotint; to represent by mezzotint.
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Mezzotintoed
(gcide) | Mezzotinto \Mez`zo*tin"to\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mezzotintoed;
p. pr. & vb. n. Mezzotintoing.]
To engrave in mezzotint; to represent by mezzotint.
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Mezzotintoing
(gcide) | Mezzotinto \Mez`zo*tin"to\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mezzotintoed;
p. pr. & vb. n. Mezzotintoing.]
To engrave in mezzotint; to represent by mezzotint.
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Middle tint
(gcide) | Middle \Mid"dle\ (m[i^]d"d'l), a. [OE. middel, AS. middel; akin
to D. middel, OHG. muttil, G. mittel. [root]271. See Mid,
a.]
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1. Equally distant from the extreme either of a number of
things or of one thing; mean; medial; as, the middle house
in a row; a middle rank or station in life; flowers of
middle summer; men of middle age.
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2. Intermediate; intervening.
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Will, seeking good, finds many middle ends. --Sir J.
Davies.
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Note: Middle is sometimes used in the formation of
self-explaining compounds; as, middle-sized,
middle-witted.
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Middle Ages, the period of time intervening between the
decline of the Roman Empire and the revival of letters.
Hallam regards it as beginning with the sixth and ending
with the fifteenth century.
Middle class, in England, people who have an intermediate
position between the aristocracy and the artisan class. It
includes professional men, bankers, merchants, and small
landed proprietors
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The middle-class electorate of Great Britain. --M.
Arnold.
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Middle distance. (Paint.) See Middle-ground.
Middle English. See English, n., 2.
Middle Kingdom, China.
Middle oil (Chem.), that part of the distillate obtained
from coal tar which passes over between 170[deg] and
230[deg] Centigrade; -- distinguished from the {light
oil}, and the heavy oil or dead oil.
Middle passage, in the slave trade, that part of the
Atlantic Ocean between Africa and the West Indies.
Middle post. (Arch.) Same as King-post.
Middle States, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and
Delaware; which, at the time of the formation of the
Union, occupied a middle position between the Eastern
States (or New England) and the Southern States. [U.S.]
Middle term (Logic), that term of a syllogism with which
the two extremes are separately compared, and by means of
which they are brought together in the conclusion.
--Brande.
Middle tint (Paint.), a subdued or neutral tint.
--Fairholt.
Middle voice. (Gram.) See under Voice.
Middle watch, the period from midnight to four a. m.; also,
the men on watch during that time. --Ham. Nav. Encyc.
Middle weight, a pugilist, boxer, or wrestler classed as of
medium weight, i. e., over 140 and not over 160 lbs., in
distinction from those classed as light weights, {heavy
weights}, etc.
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Neutral tint
(gcide) | Neutral \Neu"tral\, a. [L. neutralis, fr. neuter. See Neuter.]
1. Not engaged on either side; not taking part with or
assisting either of two or more contending parties;
neuter; indifferent.
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The heart can not possibly remain neutral, but
constantly takes part one way or the other.
--Shaftesbury.
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2. Neither good nor bad; of medium quality; middling; not
decided or pronounced.
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Some things good, and some things ill, do seem,
And neutral some, in her fantastic eye. --Sir J.
Davies.
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3. (Biol.) Neuter. See Neuter, a., 3.
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4. (Chem.) Having neither acid nor basic properties; unable
to turn red litmus blue or blue litmus red; -- said of
certain salts or other compounds. Contrasted with acid,
and alkaline.
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Neutral axis, Neutral surface (Mech.), that line or
plane, in a beam under transverse pressure, at which the
fibers are neither stretched nor compressed, or where the
longitudinal stress is zero. See Axis.
Neutral equilibrium (Mech.), the kind of equilibrium of a
body so placed that when moved slighty it neither tends to
return to its former position not depart more widely from
it, as a perfect sphere or cylinder on a horizontal plane.
Neutral salt (Chem.), a salt formed by the complete
replacement of the hydrogen in an acid or base; in the
former case by a positive or basic, in the latter by a
negative or acid, element or radical.
Neutral tint, a bluish gray pigment, used in water colors,
made by mixing indigo or other blue some warm color. the
shades vary greatly.
Neutral vowel, the vowel element having an obscure and
indefinite quality, such as is commonly taken by the vowel
in many unaccented syllables. It is regarded by some as
identical with the [u^] in up, and is called also the
natural vowel, as unformed by art and effort; it is also
called the indefinite vowel. It is symbolized in some
phonetic alphabets by the schwa ([schwa]). See Guide to
Pronunciation, [sect] 17.
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Secondary tint
(gcide) | Secondary \Sec"ond*a*ry\, a. [Cf. F. secondaire, L. secundaire.
See Second, a.]
1. Succeeding next in order to the first; of second place,
origin, rank, etc.; not primary; subordinate; not of the
first order or rate.
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Wheresoever there is moral right on the one hand, no
secondary right can discharge it. --L'Estrange.
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Two are the radical differences; the secondary
differences are as four. --Bacon.
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2. Acting by deputation or delegated authority; as, the work
of secondary hands.
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3. (Chem.) Possessing some quality, or having been subject to
some operation (as substitution), in the second degree;
as, a secondary salt, a secondary amine, etc. Cf.
primary.
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Note: A primary amine has the general formula R.NH2; a
secondary amine has the general formula R.NH.R',
where R and R' are alkyl or aryl groups. A primary
alcohol has the general formula R.CH2.OH; a secondary
alcohol has the general formula R.CHOH.R'. Tertiary
amines and alcohols have the general formulas
R.CR'N.R' and R.CR'OH.R', respectively.
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4. (Min.) Subsequent in origin; -- said of minerals produced
by alteration or deposition subsequent to the formation of
the original rock mass; also of characters of minerals (as
secondary cleavage, etc.) developed by pressure or other
causes.
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5. (Zool.) Pertaining to the second joint of the wing of a
bird.
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6. (Med.)
(a) Dependent or consequent upon another disease; as,
Bright's disease is often secondary to scarlet fever.
(b) Occurring in the second stage of a disease; as, the
secondary symptoms of syphilis.
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Secondary accent. See the Note under Accent, n., 1.
Secondary age. (Geol.) The Mesozoic age, or age before the
Tertiary. See Mesozoic, and Note under Age, n., 8.
Secondary alcohol (Chem.), any one of a series of alcohols
which contain the radical CH.OH united with two
hydrocarbon radicals. On oxidation the secondary alcohols
form ketones.
Secondary amputation (Surg.), an amputation for injury,
performed after the constitutional effects of the injury
have subsided.
Secondary axis (Opt.), any line which passes through the
optical center of a lens but not through the centers of
curvature, or, in the case of a mirror, which passes
through the center of curvature but not through the center
of the mirror.
Secondary battery. (Elec.) See under Battery, n., 4.
Secondary circle (Geom. & Astron.), a great circle that
passes through the poles of another great circle and is
therefore perpendicular to its plane.
Secondary circuit, Secondary coil (Elec.), a circuit or
coil in which a current is produced by the induction of a
current in a neighboring circuit or coil called the
primary circuit or coil.
Secondary color, a color formed by mixing any two primary
colors in equal proportions.
Secondary coverts (Zool.), the longer coverts which overlie
the basal part of the secondary quills of a bird. See
Illust. under Bird.
Secondary crystal (Min.), a crystal derived from one of the
primary forms.
Secondary current (Elec.), a momentary current induced in a
closed circuit by a current of electricity passing through
the same or a contiguous circuit at the beginning and also
at the end of the passage of the primary current.
Secondary evidence, that which is admitted upon failure to
obtain the primary or best evidence.
Secondary fever (Med.), a fever coming on in a disease
after the subsidence of the fever with which the disease
began, as the fever which attends the outbreak of the
eruption in smallpox.
Secondary hemorrhage (Med.), hemorrhage occuring from a
wounded blood vessel at some considerable time after the
original bleeding has ceased.
Secondary planet. (Astron.) See the Note under Planet.
Secondary qualities, those qualities of bodies which are
not inseparable from them as such, but are dependent for
their development and intensity on the organism of the
percipient, such as color, taste, odor, etc.
Secondary quills or Secondary remiges (Zool.), the quill
feathers arising from the forearm of a bird and forming a
row continuous with the primaries; -- called also
secondaries. See Illust. of Bird.
Secondary rocks or Secondary strata (Geol.), those lying
between the Primary, or Paleozoic, and Tertiary (see
Primary rocks, under Primary); -- later restricted to
strata of the Mesozoic age, and at present but little
used.
Secondary syphilis (Med.), the second stage of syphilis,
including the period from the first development of
constitutional symptoms to the time when the bones and the
internal organs become involved.
Secondary tint, any subdued tint, as gray.
Secondary union (Surg.), the union of wounds after
suppuration; union by the second intention.
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Syn: Second; second-rate; subordinate; inferior.
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stint
(gcide) | Sanderling \San"der*ling\, n. [Sand + -ling. So called because
it obtains its food by searching the moist sands of the
seashore.] (Zool.)
A small gray and brown sandpiper (Calidris arenaria) very
common on sandy beaches in America, Europe, and Asia. Called
also curwillet, sand lark, stint, and ruddy plover.
[1913 Webster]Stint \Stint\, v. i.
To stop; to cease. [Archaic]
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They can not stint till no thing be left. --Chaucer.
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And stint thou too, I pray thee. --Shak.
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The damsel stinted in her song. --Sir W.
Scott.
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[1913 Webster]Stint \Stint\, n. (Zool.)
(a) Any one of several species of small sandpipers, as the
sanderling of Europe and America, the dunlin, the little
stint of India (Tringa minuta), etc. Called also
pume.
(b) A phalarope.
[1913 Webster]Stint \Stint\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stinted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Stinting.] [OE. stinten, stenten, stunten, to cause to
cease, AS. styntan (in comp.) to blunt, dull, fr. stunt dull,
stupid; akin to Icel. stytta to shorten, stuttr short, dial,
Sw. stynta to shorten, stunt short. Cf. Stent, Stunt.]
1. To restrain within certain limits; to bound; to confine;
to restrain; to restrict to a scant allowance.
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I shall not go about to extenuate the latitude of
the curse upon the earth, or stint it only to the
production of weeds. --Woodward.
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She stints them in their meals. --Law.
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2. To put an end to; to stop. [Obs.] --Shak.
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3. To assign a certain (i. e., limited) task to (a person),
upon the performance of which one is excused from further
labor for the day or for a certain time; to stent.
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4. To serve successfully; to get with foal; -- said of mares.
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The majority of maiden mares will become stinted
while at work. --J. H. Walsh.
[1913 Webster]Stint \Stint\, n. [Also written stent. See Stint, v. t.]
1. Limit; bound; restraint; extent.
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God has wrote upon no created thing the utmost stint
of his power. --South.
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2. Quantity or task assigned; proportion allotted.
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His old stint -- three thousand pounds a year.
--Cowper.
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Stint
(gcide) | Sanderling \San"der*ling\, n. [Sand + -ling. So called because
it obtains its food by searching the moist sands of the
seashore.] (Zool.)
A small gray and brown sandpiper (Calidris arenaria) very
common on sandy beaches in America, Europe, and Asia. Called
also curwillet, sand lark, stint, and ruddy plover.
[1913 Webster]Stint \Stint\, v. i.
To stop; to cease. [Archaic]
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They can not stint till no thing be left. --Chaucer.
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And stint thou too, I pray thee. --Shak.
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The damsel stinted in her song. --Sir W.
Scott.
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[1913 Webster]Stint \Stint\, n. (Zool.)
(a) Any one of several species of small sandpipers, as the
sanderling of Europe and America, the dunlin, the little
stint of India (Tringa minuta), etc. Called also
pume.
(b) A phalarope.
[1913 Webster]Stint \Stint\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stinted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Stinting.] [OE. stinten, stenten, stunten, to cause to
cease, AS. styntan (in comp.) to blunt, dull, fr. stunt dull,
stupid; akin to Icel. stytta to shorten, stuttr short, dial,
Sw. stynta to shorten, stunt short. Cf. Stent, Stunt.]
1. To restrain within certain limits; to bound; to confine;
to restrain; to restrict to a scant allowance.
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I shall not go about to extenuate the latitude of
the curse upon the earth, or stint it only to the
production of weeds. --Woodward.
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She stints them in their meals. --Law.
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2. To put an end to; to stop. [Obs.] --Shak.
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3. To assign a certain (i. e., limited) task to (a person),
upon the performance of which one is excused from further
labor for the day or for a certain time; to stent.
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4. To serve successfully; to get with foal; -- said of mares.
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The majority of maiden mares will become stinted
while at work. --J. H. Walsh.
[1913 Webster]Stint \Stint\, n. [Also written stent. See Stint, v. t.]
1. Limit; bound; restraint; extent.
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God has wrote upon no created thing the utmost stint
of his power. --South.
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2. Quantity or task assigned; proportion allotted.
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His old stint -- three thousand pounds a year.
--Cowper.
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Stintance
(gcide) | Stintance \Stint"ance\, n.
Restraint; stoppage. [Obs.]
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Stinted
(gcide) | Stint \Stint\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stinted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Stinting.] [OE. stinten, stenten, stunten, to cause to
cease, AS. styntan (in comp.) to blunt, dull, fr. stunt dull,
stupid; akin to Icel. stytta to shorten, stuttr short, dial,
Sw. stynta to shorten, stunt short. Cf. Stent, Stunt.]
1. To restrain within certain limits; to bound; to confine;
to restrain; to restrict to a scant allowance.
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I shall not go about to extenuate the latitude of
the curse upon the earth, or stint it only to the
production of weeds. --Woodward.
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She stints them in their meals. --Law.
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2. To put an end to; to stop. [Obs.] --Shak.
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3. To assign a certain (i. e., limited) task to (a person),
upon the performance of which one is excused from further
labor for the day or for a certain time; to stent.
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4. To serve successfully; to get with foal; -- said of mares.
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The majority of maiden mares will become stinted
while at work. --J. H. Walsh.
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Stintedness
(gcide) | Stintedness \Stint"ed*ness\, n.
The state of being stinted.
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Stinter
(gcide) | Stinter \Stint"er\, n.
One who, or that which, stints.
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Stinting
(gcide) | Stint \Stint\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stinted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Stinting.] [OE. stinten, stenten, stunten, to cause to
cease, AS. styntan (in comp.) to blunt, dull, fr. stunt dull,
stupid; akin to Icel. stytta to shorten, stuttr short, dial,
Sw. stynta to shorten, stunt short. Cf. Stent, Stunt.]
1. To restrain within certain limits; to bound; to confine;
to restrain; to restrict to a scant allowance.
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I shall not go about to extenuate the latitude of
the curse upon the earth, or stint it only to the
production of weeds. --Woodward.
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She stints them in their meals. --Law.
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2. To put an end to; to stop. [Obs.] --Shak.
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3. To assign a certain (i. e., limited) task to (a person),
upon the performance of which one is excused from further
labor for the day or for a certain time; to stent.
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4. To serve successfully; to get with foal; -- said of mares.
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The majority of maiden mares will become stinted
while at work. --J. H. Walsh.
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Stintless
(gcide) | Stintless \Stint"less\, a.
Without stint or restraint.
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The stintlesstears of old Heraclitus. --Marston.
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Tint
(gcide) | Tint \Tint\, n. [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:
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(a) A pale or faint tinge of any color.
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Or blend in beauteous tints the colored mass.
--Pope.
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Their vigor sickens, and their tints decline.
--Harte.
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(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.
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(c) (Engraving) A shaded effect produced by the juxtaposition
of many fine parallel lines.
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Tint tool (Eng.), a species of graver used for cutting the
parallel lines which produce tints in engraving.
[1913 Webster]Tint \Tint\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tinted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Tinting.]
To give a slight coloring to; to tinge.
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Tint tool
(gcide) | Tint \Tint\, n. [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:
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(a) A pale or faint tinge of any color.
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Or blend in beauteous tints the colored mass.
--Pope.
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Their vigor sickens, and their tints decline.
--Harte.
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(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.
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(c) (Engraving) A shaded effect produced by the juxtaposition
of many fine parallel lines.
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Tint tool (Eng.), a species of graver used for cutting the
parallel lines which produce tints in engraving.
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tinta
(gcide) | Tent \Tent\, n. [Sp. tinto, properly, deep-colored, fr. L.
tinctus, p. p. of tingere to dye. See Tinge, and cf.
Tint, Tinto.]
A kind of wine of a deep red color, chiefly from Galicia or
Malaga in Spain; -- called also tent wine, and tinta.
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Tintamar
(gcide) | Tintamar \Tin`ta*mar"\, n. [F. tintamarre.]
A hideous or confused noise; an uproar. [Obs.] --Howell.
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Tinted
(gcide) | Tint \Tint\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tinted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Tinting.]
To give a slight coloring to; to tinge.
[1913 Webster]colorful \colorful\ adj.
1. having striking color. Opposite of colorless.
Note: [Narrower terms: {changeable, chatoyant, iridescent,
shot}; deep, rich; flaming; fluorescent, glowing;
prismatic; psychedelic; {red, ruddy, flushed,
empurpled}]
Syn: colourful.
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2. striking in variety and interest. Opposite of colorless
or dull. [Narrower terms: brave, fine, gay, glorious;
flamboyant, resplendent, unrestrained; {flashy, gaudy,
jazzy, showy, snazzy, sporty}; picturesque]
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3. having color or a certain color; not black, white or grey;
as, colored crepe paper. Opposite of colorless and
monochrome.
Note: [Narrower terms: tinted; touched, tinged; {amber,
brownish-yellow, yellow-brown}; amethyst; {auburn,
reddish-brown}; aureate, gilded, gilt, gold, golden;
azure, cerulean, sky-blue, bright blue; {bicolor,
bicolour, bicolored, bicoloured, bichrome}; {blue,
bluish, light-blue, dark-blue}; {blushful,
blush-colored, rosy}; bottle-green; bronze, bronzy;
brown, brownish, dark-brown; buff; {canary,
canary-yellow}; caramel, caramel brown; carnation;
chartreuse; chestnut; dun; {earth-colored,
earthlike}; fuscous; {green, greenish, light-green,
dark-green}; jade, jade-green; khaki; {lavender,
lilac}; mauve; moss green, mosstone; {motley,
multicolor, culticolour, multicolored, multicoloured,
painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied,
varicolored, varicoloured}; mousy, mouse-colored;
ocher, ochre; olive-brown; olive-drab; olive;
orange, orangish; peacock-blue; pink, pinkish;
purple, violet, purplish; {red, blood-red, carmine,
cerise, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, ruby, ruby-red,
scarlet}; red, reddish; rose, roseate; rose-red;
rust, rusty, rust-colored; {snuff, snuff-brown,
snuff-color, snuff-colour, snuff-colored,
snuff-coloured, mummy-brown, chukker-brown}; {sorrel,
brownish-orange}; stone, stone-gray; {straw-color,
straw-colored, straw-coloured}; tan; tangerine;
tawny; ultramarine; umber; {vermilion,
vermillion, cinibar, Chinese-red}; yellow, yellowish;
yellow-green; avocado; bay; beige; {blae
bluish-black or gray-blue)}; coral; creamy; {cress
green, cresson, watercress}; hazel; {honey,
honey-colored}; hued(postnominal); magenta;
maroon; pea-green; russet; sage, sage-green;
sea-green] [Also See: chromatic, colored, dark,
light.]
Syn: colored, coloured, in color(predicate).
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tinted
(gcide) | Tint \Tint\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tinted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Tinting.]
To give a slight coloring to; to tinge.
[1913 Webster]colorful \colorful\ adj.
1. having striking color. Opposite of colorless.
Note: [Narrower terms: {changeable, chatoyant, iridescent,
shot}; deep, rich; flaming; fluorescent, glowing;
prismatic; psychedelic; {red, ruddy, flushed,
empurpled}]
Syn: colourful.
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2. striking in variety and interest. Opposite of colorless
or dull. [Narrower terms: brave, fine, gay, glorious;
flamboyant, resplendent, unrestrained; {flashy, gaudy,
jazzy, showy, snazzy, sporty}; picturesque]
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3. having color or a certain color; not black, white or grey;
as, colored crepe paper. Opposite of colorless and
monochrome.
Note: [Narrower terms: tinted; touched, tinged; {amber,
brownish-yellow, yellow-brown}; amethyst; {auburn,
reddish-brown}; aureate, gilded, gilt, gold, golden;
azure, cerulean, sky-blue, bright blue; {bicolor,
bicolour, bicolored, bicoloured, bichrome}; {blue,
bluish, light-blue, dark-blue}; {blushful,
blush-colored, rosy}; bottle-green; bronze, bronzy;
brown, brownish, dark-brown; buff; {canary,
canary-yellow}; caramel, caramel brown; carnation;
chartreuse; chestnut; dun; {earth-colored,
earthlike}; fuscous; {green, greenish, light-green,
dark-green}; jade, jade-green; khaki; {lavender,
lilac}; mauve; moss green, mosstone; {motley,
multicolor, culticolour, multicolored, multicoloured,
painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied,
varicolored, varicoloured}; mousy, mouse-colored;
ocher, ochre; olive-brown; olive-drab; olive;
orange, orangish; peacock-blue; pink, pinkish;
purple, violet, purplish; {red, blood-red, carmine,
cerise, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, ruby, ruby-red,
scarlet}; red, reddish; rose, roseate; rose-red;
rust, rusty, rust-colored; {snuff, snuff-brown,
snuff-color, snuff-colour, snuff-colored,
snuff-coloured, mummy-brown, chukker-brown}; {sorrel,
brownish-orange}; stone, stone-gray; {straw-color,
straw-colored, straw-coloured}; tan; tangerine;
tawny; ultramarine; umber; {vermilion,
vermillion, cinibar, Chinese-red}; yellow, yellowish;
yellow-green; avocado; bay; beige; {blae
bluish-black or gray-blue)}; coral; creamy; {cress
green, cresson, watercress}; hazel; {honey,
honey-colored}; hued(postnominal); magenta;
maroon; pea-green; russet; sage, sage-green;
sea-green] [Also See: chromatic, colored, dark,
light.]
Syn: colored, coloured, in color(predicate).
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Tinternell
(gcide) | Tinternell \Tin"ter*nell\, n.
A certain old dance. [Obs.] --Halliwell.
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Tintie
(gcide) | Tintie \Tin"tie\ (t[i^]n"t[i^]), n. (Zool.)
The wren. [Prov. Eng.]
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Tinting
(gcide) | Tint \Tint\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tinted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Tinting.]
To give a slight coloring to; to tinge.
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Tintinnabula
(gcide) | Tintinnabulum \Tin`tin*nab"u*lum\, n.; pl. Tintinnabula. [L.,
a bell. See Tintinnabular.]
A bell; also, a set or combination of bells or metal plates
used as a musical instrument or as a toy.
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Tintinnabular
(gcide) | Tintinnabular \Tin`tin*nab"u*lar\, Tintinnabulary
\Tin`tin*nab"u*la*ry\, a. [L. tintinnabulum a little bell, fr.
tintinnare to ring, to jingle, tinnire to jingle.]
Having or making the sound of a bell; tinkling.
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Tintinnabulary
(gcide) | Tintinnabular \Tin`tin*nab"u*lar\, Tintinnabulary
\Tin`tin*nab"u*la*ry\, a. [L. tintinnabulum a little bell, fr.
tintinnare to ring, to jingle, tinnire to jingle.]
Having or making the sound of a bell; tinkling.
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Tintinnabulation
(gcide) | Tintinnabulation \Tin`tin*nab`u*la"tion\, n.
A tinkling sound, as of a bell or bells. --Poe.
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