patine

American  

[puh-teen, pa-teen] / pəˈtin, pæˈtin /

noun

1. patina.

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verb (used with object)

patined, patining

1. to patinate.

Etymology

Origin of patine

From French; see origin at patina

Example Sentences

The moonbeams had laid a patine of silver upon the floor of the small clearing before the door, and played softly among the shadows.

From The Vagrant Duke by Gibbs, George

Theodore Child has given an excellent description of the difference between this final enrichment of a bronze as applied by a master and the patine of commerce.

From Artists Past and Present Random Studies by Cary, Elisabeth Luther

This City of the Plains is a human mosaic to which finished pattern every nation of the Old World furnishes its patine.

From The New North by Cameron, Agnes Deans

Il est vrai que je préfère un gris argenté, mais le ton chaud de Freiburg fait bien et il a gagné une certaine patine avec les années.

From Philip Gilbert Hamerton An Autobiography, 1834-1858, and a Memoir by His Wife, 1858-1894 by Hamerton, Philip Gilbert

Hugh de Pateshall walked before with the patine, clothed in a dalmatica; and the Earls of Chester, Lincoln, and Warren, bearing the swords, preceded him.

From Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries by Dawson, William Francis