malt vs tincture

malt

noun
  • Malt liquor, especially malt whisky. 

  • A milkshake with malted milk powder added for flavor. 

  • Malted grain (sprouted grain) (usually barley), used in brewing and otherwise. 

  • Maltose-rich sugar derived from malted grain. 

verb
  • To convert a cereal grain into malt by causing it to sprout (by soaking in water) and then halting germination (by drying with hot air) in order to develop enzymes that can break down starches and proteins in the grain. 

  • To become malt. 

tincture

noun
  • A (small) alcoholic drink. 

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

  • 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. 

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

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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