verditer
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of verditer
1495–1505; < Middle French verd de terre ( French vert de terre ) green of earth
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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 J. Sawtelle Ford
Their places are taken by the blue-magpies, the beautiful verditer flycatcher, the Himalayan and the black-headed jays, the black bulbul, and tits of several species.
From Birds of the Indian Hills by Douglas Dewar
The plumage of this flycatcher is pale blue—blue of that peculiar shade known as verditer blue.
From Birds of the Indian Hills by Douglas Dewar
The first is a blue mineral found near copper mines, while the last is simply a verditer.
From Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists by Thomas Salter
Another.—Blue verditer, and white of any sort, well ground.
From Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets by Daniel Young
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