tintern.
/ˈtɪntə/, U.S. /ˈtɪn(t)ər/ 1. One who or that which tints; now esp. an artist or painter skilful in tinting.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > art of colouring > [noun] > colourer or colourist
colourer1612
colourist1685
colourman1764
tinter1823
polychromist1842
tetrachromist1842
tonist1883
tintist1890
1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto XIII cxi. 110 Good hours of fair cheeks are the fairest tinters.
1830 A. Cunningham Lives Brit. Painters (ed. 2) II. 181 He was a most splendid tinter, but no colourist.
1862 G. W. Thornbury Life J. M. W. Turner I. 48 The tinters of backgrounds still survive.
2. A tinted glass slide used with plain slides in a magic lantern.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > viewing of photographs > [noun] > projecting on to screen > projector > parts of
tinter1891
projection lens1894
lamp-house1912
slide carrier1953
flash-meter1957
slide changer1959
1891 L. Wright Optical Projection (1906) viii. 122 Tinters may add very much to the pleasing effect of plain photographs, if used with suitable subjects.
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3. An instrument or machine for tinting or colouring paper or engraving tint-blocks.
4. Hairdressing. One employed to tint hair. Cf. tint v. d.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > barbers and hairdressers > [noun] > who colours
colourist1891
tinter1921
1921 Dict. Occup. Terms (1927) §920 Tinter,..washes and applies tint or colour to human hair on the head or in the manufacture of wigs.
1966 J. Stevens Cox Illustr. Dict. Hairdressing & Wigmaking p. ix Words denoting a person engaged in some aspect of the Hairdressing or Wigmaking crafts..tinter.
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