verditer
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of verditer
1495–1505; < Middle French verd de terre ( French vert de terre ) green of earth
Example Sentences
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Another.—Blue verditer, and white of any sort, well ground.
From Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets by Young, Daniel
Examples of these more local migrants are the grey-headed and the verditer flycatchers, the Indian bush-chat and, to some extent, the paradise flycatcher and the Indian oriole.
From A Bird Calendar for Northern India by Dewar, Douglas
Blue.—The ancient blues were very numerous; the principal of these was cœruleum, azure, a species of verditer, or blue carbonate of copper, of which there were many varieties.
From Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life by Haines, T. L. (Thomas Louis)
Another.—White, with a little lake and blue verditer, make a good cloud colour for that part next the horizon.
From Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets by Young, Daniel
Their places are taken by the blue-magpies, the beautiful verditer flycatcher, the Himalayan and the black-headed jays, the black bulbul, and tits of several species.
From Birds of the Indian Hills by Dewar, Douglas
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