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tint⋅er

1[tin-ter]
–noun
a person who specializes in applying tints or dyes.

Origin:
1815–25; tint + -er 1

tin⋅ter

2[tin-ter]
–noun Western New England.
seesaw.
Also, teenter.


Origin:
orig. uncert.


See seesaw.
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tint   (tĭnt)   
n.  
  1. A shade of a color, especially a pale or delicate variation.

  2. A gradation of a color made by adding white to it to lessen its saturation.

  3. A slight coloration; a tinge.

  4. A barely detectable amount or degree; a trace.

  5. A shaded effect in engraving produced by fine, close, parallel lines.

  6. Printing A panel of light color on which matter in another color is to be printed, as in an illustration.

  7. A dye for the hair.

tr. & intr.v.   tint·ed, tint·ing, tints
To give a tint to or take on a tint.

[Alteration of tinct.]
tint'er n.
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