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overtint

verb, noun — 3 senses

overtint

verb

Etymology From over- + tint.

1

To tint excessively.

  • The actual amount of color required is very small and care must be exercised not to overtint the wool, or a bluish tone will be obtained.1909, Joseph Merritt Matthews, Laboratory Manual of Dyeing and Textile Chemistry, page 31:
2

To apply another tint over.

overtint

noun

Etymology From over- + tint.

1

A tint layered over another.

  • She wore the same dress she had worn that Sunday of their tryst; that exquisite dress, with the faint lavender overtint, like the tender colours of the beautiful day he made his own.1905, Booth Tarkington, The Conquest of Canaan:

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