1. (n.) A slight coloring.

2. (n.) A pale or faint tinge of any color.

3. (n.) 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.

4. (n.) A shaded effect produced by the juxtaposition of many fine parallel lines.

5. (v. t.) To give a slight coloring to; to tinge.

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