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Patina   Listen
noun
patina  n.  
1.
A dish or plate of metal or earthenware; a patella.
2.
(Fine Arts) The color or incrustation which age gives to works of art; especially, the green rust which covers ancient bronzes, coins, and medals.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Patina" Quotes from Famous Books



... brought the necessary appurtenances for the performance of mass. A small, but beautifully white cloth was spread upon a flat portion of the rock; bread was there, and a small quantum of wine; a little patina and a humble chalice. M. d'Elbee took his place among the crowd before the altar, and Father Jerome, having dressed himself in his robes, performed, with a fine, full, sonorous voice, the morning service of his church. When so occupied, he had no longer the ...
— La Vendee • Anthony Trollope



Words linked to "Patina" :   coating, verdigris, patinate, patinize, coat



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