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VERDIGRIS
verdigris
(noun) a green patina that forms on copper or brass or bronze that has been exposed to the air or water for long periods of time
verdigris, cupric acetate
(noun) a blue or green powder used as a paint pigment
verdigris
(verb) color verdigris
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
verdigris (countable and uncountable, plural verdigrises)
A blue-green patina or rust that forms on copper-containing metals.
(chemistry, dated) Copper acetate.
The colour of this patina or material.
Synonyms
• (blue-green copper rust or patina): aerugo
• (copper acetate): Spanish green
• (color): Spanish green
Verb
verdigris (third-person singular simple present verdigrises, present participle verdigrising, simple past and past participle verdigrised)
To cover, or coat, with verdigris.
Source: Wiktionary
Ver"di*gris, n. Etym: [F. vert-de-gris, apparently from verd, vert, green + de of + gris gray, but really a corruption of LL. viride aeris (equivalent to L. aerugo), from L. viridis green + aes, aeris, brass. See Verdant, and 2d Ore.]
1. (Chem.)
Definition: A green poisonous substance used as a pigment and drug, obtained by the action of acetic acid on copper, and consisting essentially of a complex mixture of several basic copper acetates.
2. The green rust formed on copper. [Colloq.]
Note: This rust is a carbonate of copper, and should not be confounded with true verdigris. U. S. Disp. Blue verdigris (Chem.), a verdigris having a blue color, used a pigment, etc.
– Distilled verdigris (Old Chem.), an acid copper acetate; -- so called because the acetic acid used in making it was obtained from distilled vinegar.
– Verdigris green, clear bluish green, the color of verdigris.
Ver"di*gris, v. t.
Definition: To cover, or coat, with verdigris. [R.] "An old verdigrised brass bugle." Hawthorne.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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