verd antique
or verde antique
a green, mottled or impure serpentine, sold as a marble and much used for decorative purposes.
any of various similar green stones.
Origin of verd antique
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How to use verd antique in a sentence
Mrs. Hastings swayed toward the prince in her chair of verd antique, and her voice seemed to become brittle in the air.
Romance Island | Zona GaleThe furniture was embellishcd with gorgeous carvings, and enriched with marble, jasper and verd-antique.
The Empire of Austria; Its Rise and Present Power | John S. C. AbbottLarge pieces of porphyry and verd antique eternally trodden by the Trasteverine mob, and never even cleaned.
The Greville Memoirs | Charles C. F. GrevilleIn the latter they are of verd antique, and are finely carved on both sides.
Byzantine Churches in Constantinople | Alexander Van MillingenThe ante-chancel is paved with blocks of red Griote and verd antique.
British Dictionary definitions for verd antique
/ (vɜːd) /
a dark green mottled impure variety of serpentine marble
any of various similar marbles or stones
another name for verdigris
Origin of verd antique
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