'Verdigris' definitions:
Definition of 'verdigris'
(from WordNet)
noun
A blue or green powder used as a paint pigment [syn: verdigris, cupric acetate]
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
verb
Color verdigris
Definition of 'Verdigris'
From: GCIDE
- Verdigris \Ver"di*gris\, n. [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.) 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The green rust formed on copper. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
- Note: This rust is a carbonate of copper, and should not be confounded with true verdigris. --U. S. Disp. [1913 Webster]
- Blue verdigris (Chem.), a verdigris having a blue color, used as 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Verdigris'
From: GCIDE
- Verdigris \Ver"di*gris\, v. t. To cover, or coat, with verdigris. [R.] "An old verdigrised brass bugle." --Hawthorne. [1913 Webster]