What is the finer and more volatile parts of a substance, separated by a solvent; an extract of a part of the substance of a body communicated to the solvent called?
tincture — The finer and more volatile parts of a substance, separated by a solvent; an extract of a part of the substance of a body communicated to the solvent. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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