verditer

American  

[vur-di-ter] / ˈvɜr dɪ tər /

noun

1. either of two pigments, consisting usually of carbonate of copper prepared by grinding either azurite blue verditer or malachite green verditer.

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Etymology

Origin of verditer

1495–1505; < Middle French verd de terre ( French vert de terre ) green of earth

Example Sentences

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 Dewar, Douglas

Examples of these more local migrants are the grey-headed and the verditer flycatchers, the Indian bush-chat and, to some extent, the paradise flycatcher and the Indian oriole.

From A Bird Calendar for Northern India by Dewar, Douglas

Another method is by first painting the article, after it has been rendered nonabsorbent, of a dark color made of Prussian blue, yellow ochre, and verditer, ground in oil.

From The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources by Anonymous

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

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