boilerplate vs tincture

boilerplate

noun
  • Syndicated material. 

  • A sheet of copper or steel used in the construction of a boiler. 

  • The rating plate or nameplate required to be affixed to a boiler by the Boiler Explosions Act (1882). 

  • Standard text or program code used routinely and added with a text editor or word processor; text of a legal or official nature added to documents or labels. 

  • Hard, icy snow which may be dangerous to ski on. 

  • Formulaic or hackneyed language. 

  • A plate attached to industrial machinery, identifying information such as manufacturer, model number, serial number, and power requirements. 

adj
  • Describing text or other material of a standard or routine nature. 

  • Used to refer to a non-functional spacecraft used to test configuration and procedures. 

verb
  • To store (standard text) so that it can easily be retrieved for reuse. 

tincture

noun
  • A material essence thought to be capable of extraction from a substance. 

  • A colour or tint, especially if produced by a pigment or something which stains; a tinge. 

  • A (small) alcoholic drink. 

  • The part of a substance thought to be essential, finer, and/or more volatile, which could be extracted in a solution; also, the process of obtaining this. 

  • An immaterial substance or spiritual principle which was thought capable of being instilled into physical things; also, the essence or spirit of something. 

  • A slight addition of a thing to something else; a shade, a touch, a trace. 

  • A hue or pattern used in the depiction of a coat of arms; namely, a colour, fur, or metal. 

  • A medicine consisting of one or more substances dissolved in ethanol or some other solvent. 

verb
  • Followed by with: to add to or impregnate (something) with (a slight amount of) an abstract or (obsolete) physical quality; to imbue, to taint, to tinge. 

  • To have a taint or tinge of some quality. 

  • To dissolve (a substance) in ethanol or some other solvent to produce a medicinal tincture. 

  • To colour or stain (something) with, or as if with, a dye or pigment. 

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