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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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 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
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 Douglas Dewar
Blue.—The ancient blues were very numerous; the principal of these was cœruleum, azure, a species of verditer, or blue carbonate of copper, of which there were many varieties.
From Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life by T. L. (Thomas Louis) Haines
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
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