† venturinen.
Obsolete.
1. (See quots.)The sense is not recorded for the Continental word, and may be due to some misunderstanding.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > artistic work in metal > [noun] > wire
venturine1704
1704 Dict. Rusticum at Japanning That it [sc. varnish] may not dry before the Venturine, which golden wyre reduced to powder, must be sifted on it.
1704 Dict. Rusticum (at cited word) Venturine, or Aventurine, is the most delicate and slender golden Wyers..used by the Embroyderers.
1799 tr. Laboratory (ed. 6) II. xiii. 441 As for the black and venturine, you must first lay a coat of varnish on the wood.
2. venturine-stone n. (see quot. 1775 and cf. aventurine n. 1).
ΘΚΠ
society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > gem or precious stone > rock crystal > [noun] > aventurine
venturine-stone1775
aventurine1858
goldy-stone1860
the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > silicates > tectosilicate > [noun] > quartz > cryptocrystalline quartz > chert > aventurine
venturine-stone1775
aventurine1858
goldy-stone1860
1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Venturinestone, a kind of transparent stone brought from Italy powdered with a kind of gold dust.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
<
n.1704