Both Uses
tinged
in
Jane Eyre
(Auto-generated)
- Above the temples, amidst wreathed turban folds of black drapery, vague in its character and consistency as cloud, gleamed a ring of white flame, gemmed with sparkles of a more lurid tinge.†
p. 148.2 *tinge = a slight amount; or to contain a slight amount
- The head was finished already: there was but the background to tint and the drapery to shade off; a touch of carmine, too, to add to the ripe lips — a soft curl here and there to the tresses — a deeper tinge to the shadow of the lash under the azured eyelid.†
p. 427.4
Definitions:
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(1)
(tinged) with a slight amount
(If an amount of what is not clear from context, it is typically of color.) - (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)