patine
Americannoun
verb (used with object)
Etymology
Origin of patine
From French; see origin at patina
Example Sentences
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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
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
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
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 Cary, Elisabeth Luther
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
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 Stacpoole, H. De Vere (Henry De Vere)
It was of iron, patined rather than rusted, Lombard in form, and of evident antiquity.
From The Collectors by Mather, Frank Jewett
The night had fallen black, but the cabin windows were marvellously patined by stars.
From The Path of the King by Buchan, John
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