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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The plumage of this flycatcher is pale blue—blue of that peculiar shade known as verditer blue.
From Birds of the Indian Hills by Douglas Dewar
Authorities state that these may be formed from bright Prussian blue or verditer glazed over with Prussian blue or of smalt.
From Handbook on Japanning: 2nd Edition For Ironware, Tinware, Wood, Etc. With Sections on Tinplating and Galvanizing by William N. Brown
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 T. L. (Thomas Louis) Haines
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 Douglas Dewar
Green.—Verdigris, green verditer, and mixtures of blue and yellow.
From Paper and Printing Recipes A Handy Volume of Practical Recipes, Concerning the Every-Day Business of Stationers, Printers, Binders, and the Kindred Trades by J. Sawtelle Ford
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