Tinge v.

Also 6–7 ting. [ad. L. ting-ĕre to dye, color.]

  1.  trans. To impart a trace or slight shade of some color to; to tint; to modify the tint or color of (const. with). Also absol.

1471.  Ripley, Comp. Alch., XI. vi., in Ashm., Theat. Chem. Brit. (1652), 182. Saffron when yt ys pulveryzate, Tyngyth much more of Lycour.

1577.  Harrison, England, III. viii. (1878), II. 55. As their saffron is not so fine as that of Cambridge shire and about Walden, so it will not cake, ting, nor hold colour withall.

1577.  Holinshed, Chron., Descr. Scot., vii. 9/2. Theyr fleshe moreouer is redde as it were tynged with Saffron.

1658.  A. Fox, Würtz’ Surg., III. xvi. 265. Which will tinge the Aquavitæ to a redness.

1725.  Bradley’s Fam. Dict., s.v. Oak, A way of tinging Oak … so as it will resemble coarse Ebony.

1769.  N. Nicholls, Corr. w. Gray (1843), 99. Just when Autumn had begun to tinge the woods with a thousand beautiful varieties of colour.

1863.  Mary Howitt, trans. F. Bremer’s Greece, II. xvi. 138. The summit of Parnassus was tinged with the red light of morning.

  b.  transf. To impart a slight taste or smell to; to affect slightly by admixture.

1690.  C. Nesse, O. & N. Test., I. 236. Fragrant flowers and fruits, the sweet odours whereof had likely ting’d those goodly garments.

1707.  Mortimer, Husb. (1721), II. 353. Liquors tinged with the spirituous Flavour of other Fruits.

c. 1826.  Lond. Encycl., s.v. Barometer, Common water, tinged with a sixth part of aqua regia.

1863.  Mrs. Oliphant, Salem Chapel, xiii. The sweet atmosphere was tinged with the perfumy breath which always surrounded her.

  2.  intr. To become modified in color; to take a (specified or implied) tinge.

1662.  R. Mathew, Unl. Alch., § 107. 174. Put on more Vinegar … till thou seest that it will ting no more.

1756.  C. Lucas, Ess. Waters, I. 15. The solution … upon the addition of new spirit of salt, tinges a kind of orange color.

1821.  Clare, Vill. Minstr., I. 93. He [the oak] tinges slow with sickly hue.

  3.  fig. To affect in mind or feeling by intermixture, infusion, or association; to qualify, modify, or slightly vary the tone of.

1674.  N. Fairfax, Bulk & Selv., 47. Our souls are indeed so far ting’d with body.

1681.  Wood, Life, 14 March (O.H.S.), II. 526. Fame tells us that he is tinged with presbyterian leven.

1702.  C. Mather, Magn. Chr., III. I. iii. (1852), 303. His exact education … tinged him with an aversation to vice.

1784.  Cowper, Task, IV. 553. The town has ting’d the country.

1856.  Emerson, Eng. Traits, Lit., Wks. (Bohn), II. 106. The influence of Plato tinges the British genius.

1884.  Jennings, Croker Papers, I. vi. 182. This grief tinged the whole of Mr. Croker’s subsequent life.

  † 4.  trans. Alchemy. To change by the action of a tincture: cf. TINCTURE v. 2 b. TINCT v. 3. Obs.

1650.  French, Distill. (1651), Ded. A iv b. As men bring lead to Philosophers to be tinged into gold.

1660.  trans. Paracelsus’ Archidoxis, I. v. 75. So likewise doth this Tincture tinge the Hydropical … Body into a sound State.

  5.  Trade. To mark with a tinge (TINGE sb.¹ 3).

1850.  [see TINGE sb.¹ 3].

  Hence Tinged ppl. a.

1658.  A. Fox, Würtz’ Surg., III. xvi. 265. This ting’d Aquavitæ is to be extracted per Balneum.

1774.  M. Mackenzie, Maritime Surv., 110. With a smoked or tinged Glass before your Eye.

1867.  Deutsch, Rem. (1874), 23. To be dependent on the possibly tinged version of an interpreter.