patine
Americannoun
verb (used with object)
Etymology
Origin of patine
From French; see origin at patina
Example Sentences
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The ideal patine," he says, "is an oxydation and a polish, without thickness, as it were, a delicate varnish or glaze, giving depth and tone to the metal.
From Artists Past and Present Random Studies by Elisabeth Luther Cary
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 Elisabeth Luther Cary
If I have any such, I will not cast it on the road as I walk, but present it on a fair patine to him to whom I may think it well to show it.
From Unspoken Sermons Series I., II., and II. by George MacDonald
To produce Barye's fine green patine, requires time and patience, and for commercial bronze is impracticable.
From Artists Past and Present Random Studies by Elisabeth Luther Cary
Study of stone implements; simple and compound; rough and polished; primary and secondary chipping; cleavage; firing; bulb of percussion; mineralogy of implements; patine, etc.
From Anthropology As a Science and as a Branch of University Education in the United States by Daniel Garrison Brinton
The artist has wielded an impressively intricate design from patined cast aluminum and steel, with inset glass portraits of world leaders.
From New York Times ● Jan. 27, 2021
He keeps all 100 acres of this beautifully reverent destination―from spartan Civil War headstones to patined angel statues to ornate mausoleums―pristine.
From Southern Living ● Apr. 7, 2010
It was of iron, patined rather than rusted, Lombard in form, and of evident antiquity.
From The Collectors by Frank Jewett Mather
The night had fallen black, but the cabin windows were marvellously patined by stars.
From The Path of the King by John Buchan
Looking up you saw at an immense distance above a pale green roof patined with sparkling and flashing points of light, where the breeze was busy playing with the green fronds of the trees.
From The Blue Lagoon: a romance by H. De Vere (Henry De Vere) Stacpoole
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