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

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 Salter, Thomas

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

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

Authorities state that these may be formed from bright Prussian blue or verditer glazed over with Prussian blue or of smalt.

From Handbook on Japanning: 2nd Edition For Ironware, Tinware, Wood, Etc. With Sections on Tinplating and Galvanizing by Brown, William N.