tinctorial, a.
(tɪŋkˈtɔərɪəl)
[f. L. tinctōri-us (Pliny) (f. tinctōr-em dyer) + -al1.]
Of, pertaining to, or used in dyeing; yielding or using dye or colouring matter.
| 1655 How Let. to Sir T. Browne 20 Sept., in B.'s Wks. (Bohn) III. 517 After wee have thus circumscribed the plant wee shall adde our experiments;..hortensiall,..medicinall,..tinctoriall. 1811 W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. 1 Oct. 258/2 Plants, oleaginous, tinctorial, textile, medical, and culinary. 1837 Penny Cycl. IX. 227/1 Tinctorial colours are either simple or compound. 1887 Pall Mall G. 5 Sept. 7/2 Mr. C. O'Neill..discoursed on the change of fashion in colour, in a paper on ‘The extent to which calico printing and the tinctorial arts are affected by the introduction of modern colours’. |
Hence tincˈtorially adv.
| 1895 Sci. Progress II. 418 In ‘acid’ solutions the staining principle is the acid although the dye may be a chemically neutral salt; tinctorially it reacts as a free acid. 1898 Allbutt's Syst. Med. V. 412 The stain acts tinctorially as a free acid. |