A blue or green powder used as a paint pigment.
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Examples for "verdigris "
Examples for "verdigris "
1 They're covered in rust and verdigris ; the cases are old and pitted.
2 Her torch picked up fresh splinters of wood from the verdigris - covered fence.
3 They were all quite green and dull, coated with years of verdigris .
4 The ground, rich black earth... was covered with vivid, leek-like, verdigris green.
5 Melt the rosin, tallow and wax together, then add the verdigris .
1 It is stated in Watts' "Dictionary of Chemistry" that it is "prepared on a large scale by mixing arsenious acid with cupric acetate and water.
2 Cupric acetate is never employed, I believe, in England-themuch cheaper copper salt, the sulphate, being always employed.
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