overtint
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3ADJ.
faint, tender
VERB + OVERTINT
exercised
OVERTINT + NOUN
wool
Definitions
verb
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.
To apply another tint over.
noun
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.
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2The 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.
WiktionaryShe 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.
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