In heraldry terms the difference between tincture and viroled
is that
tincture is a colour or metal used in the depiction of a coat of arms while
viroled is furnished with viroles; said of a horn or bugle whose rings are of different tincture.
As a noun tincture
is a pigment or other substance that colours or dyes.
As a verb tincture
is to stain or impregnate (something) with colour.
As an adjective viroled is
furnished with viroles; said of a horn or bugle whose rings are of different tincture.
tincture Noun
( en noun)
A pigment or other substance that colours or dyes.
A tint, or an added colour.
(heraldry) A colour or metal used in the depiction of a coat of arms.
An alcoholic extract of plant material, used as a medicine.
(humorous) A small alcoholic drink.
An essential characteristic.
* 1924 , ARISTOTLE. . Translated by W. D. Ross. Nashotah, Wisconsin, USA: The Classical Library, 2001. Book 1, Part 6.
- for the earlier thinkers had no tincture of dialectic
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.
A slight taste superadded to any substance.
- a tincture of orange peel
A slight quality added to anything; a tinge.
* Alexander Pope
- All manners take a tincture from our own.
* Macaulay
- Every man had a slight tincture of soldiership, and scarcely any man more than a slight tincture.
Verb
(tinctur)
to stain or impregnate (something) with colour
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viroled English
Adjective
( -)
(heraldry) Furnished with viroles; said of a horn or bugle whose rings are of different tincture.
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