verditer
[vur-di-ter]
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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).
Nearby words
- verdi, giuseppe,
- verdict,
- verdigris,
- verdigris toadstool,
- verdin,
- verdun,
- verdure,
- verdurous,
- vere, edward de,
- verecund
Origin of verditer
1495–1505; < Middle French verd de terre (French vert de terre) green of earth
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Examples from the Web for verditer
Verditer is made into crayons whilst moist, or dried into a powder, or it is used as a water colour in the moist state.
Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II|Arnold CooleyAuthorities state that these may be formed from bright Prussian blue or verditer glazed over with Prussian blue or of smalt.
Handbook on Japanning: 2nd Edition|William N. BrownThe plumage of this flycatcher is pale blue—blue of that peculiar shade known as verditer blue.
Birds of the Indian Hills|Douglas Dewar