patinen.
/pəˈtiːn/, U.S. /pəˈtin/ A patina (patina n. 1); a superficial layer.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > coating or covering with a layer > [noun] > a coat or covering layer > patina
patina1748
patine1883
1883 Harper's Mag. Feb. 388/2 Like an old bronze with a most valuable ‘patine’ on the surface.
1910 G. B. Shaw Let. 18 Sept. (1972) II. 942 Back in the dark [in a rowing-boat], without compass,..49 strokes to the minute striking patines of white fire from the Atlantic.
1940 Harper's Mag. Nov. 566 Her [sc. a bird's] back was an indefinable hue of iron; only a slight patine of the ruddiness of youth still shone on it.
1966 M. M. Pegler Dict. Interior Design (1967) 326 Patina or Patine, a greenish coating on the surface of old bronze.
1986 M. L. Prophet & E. C. Prophet Lost Teachings of Jesus I. ii. 49 People are inclined to think of themselves as the patine... And we identify with the patine.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
patinev.
/pəˈtiːn/, U.S. /pəˈtin/ transitive. = patinate v.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > coating or covering with a layer > coat or cover with a layer [verb (transitive)] > with a patina
patinate1867
patine1896
patinize1948
1896 A. H. Keane Ethnol. v. 84 Many [flints] have been deeply patined and rusted sometimes even right through.
1936 L. P. Smith Reperusals & Re-coll. i. 2 Time and history adds to their significance; it patines and mellows them.
1947 J. C. Rich Materials & Methods Sculpt. vii. 200 Brass can be patined in several colors.
2002 Retail World (Nexis) 18 Mar. 7 The store was..patined internally and externally.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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