27 July 2016
verdigris
[vur-di-grees, -gris]
noun
1. a green or bluish patina formed on copper, brass, or bronze surfaces exposed to the atmosphere for long periods of time, consisting principally of basic copper sulfate.
Also called aerugo.
Origin of verdigris
Middle English, Middle French, Old French, Anglo-French
1250-1300; < Middle French vert de gris; replacing Middle English vertegrez < Anglo-French vert de Grece, Old French vere grez green of Greece
Related forms
verdigrisy, adjective
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Examples from the Web for verdigris
Historical Examples
His dress consisted of a lieutenant’s plain coat, without shoulder knots, and the buttons green with verdigris.
Cornish Characters
S. Baring-Gould
verdigris is an acetate of copper, or a mixture of acetates.
Poisons: Their Effects and Detection
Alexander Wynter Blyth
Oxymel of verdigris is stimulant, detergent, and escharotic.
Cooley’s Practical Receipts, Volume II
Arnold Cooley
Arsenic and verdigris are sometimes used, but it does not answer.
Serge Panine, Complete
Georges Ohnet
“The Kiowas, who were on the war-path, have been cut off by the verdigris,” he concluded.
The Price of the Prairie
Margaret Hill McCarter
The manufacture of verdigris at Montpellier is altogether domestic.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines
Andrew Ure
At last she gave up all hope, and twice attempted suicide with powdered glass and verdigris.
A Book of Remarkable Criminals
H. B. Irving
No verdigris should be allowed to accumulate on any brass fittings.
The Gunner’s Examiner
Harold E. Cloke
It is strong of salt and sulphur and the bottom appears green as though it was covered with verdigris.
William Clayton’s Journal
William Clayton
We were all in a doleful state, having been poisoned, I think, with verdigris.
Letters to an Unknown
Prosper Mrime
Anagram
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Today’s quotes
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– Aldous Huxley
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