01 n. A slight coloring.
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1.
A slight coloring.
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2.
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.
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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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4.
A shaded effect produced by the juxtaposition of many fine parallel lines.(Engraving)
Phrases & compounds
Tint tool —
a species of graver used for cutting the parallel lines which produce tints in engraving.