verditer

[ vur-di-ter ]

/ ˈvɜr dɪ tər /

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noun

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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Origin of verditer

1495–1505; <Middle French verd de terre (French vert de terre) green of earth

Words nearby verditer

verdict, Verdi, Giuseppe, verdigris, verdigris toadstool, verdin, verditer, Verdun, verdure, verdurous, verecund, Vereeniging

How to use verditer in a sentence

This is properly green verditer, but other preparations are frequently sold under the name.
Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I|Arnold Cooley
Green Verditer is a mixture of oxide and carbonate of copper with chalk.
Poisons: Their Effects and Detection|Alexander Wynter Blyth
Copper carbonate is also the basis of the valuable blue to green pigments verditer, Bremen blue and Bremen green.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3|Various
The beautiful verditer flycatcher (Stoparola melanops) must be familiar to everyone who has visited the Himalayas.
Birds of the Indian Hills|Douglas Dewar

The plumage of this flycatcher is pale blue—blue of that peculiar shade known as verditer blue.
Birds of the Indian Hills|Douglas Dewar