verditer
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of verditer
1495–1505; < Middle French verd de terre ( French vert de terre ) green of earth
Example Sentences
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Another.—White, with a little lake and blue verditer, make a good cloud colour for that part next the horizon.
From Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets by Young, Daniel
Green.—Verdigris, green verditer, and mixtures of blue and yellow.
From Paper and Printing Recipes A Handy Volume of Practical Recipes, Concerning the Every-Day Business of Stationers, Printers, Binders, and the Kindred Trades by Ford, J. Sawtelle
Ground smalts, blue verditer, and other pigments, have passed under the name of bice.
From Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists by Salter, Thomas
Another.—Blue verditer, and white of any sort, well ground.
From Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets by Young, Daniel
Neither is durable, especially in oil; and, as pigments, both are precisely of the character of verditer.
From Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists by Salter, Thomas
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