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单词 verd-antique
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verd-antiquen.

Brit. /ˌvəːdanˈtiːk/, U.S. /ˌvərdˌænˈtik/
Forms: Also 1800s verde-; also verd antique.
Etymology: Older French (now vert antique ), ‘antique green’. Compare verde antico n.
1.
a. An ornamental variety of marble, consisting chiefly of serpentine mixed with calcite and dolomite.
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > stone or rock > [noun] > marble > made of serpentine, calcite and dolomite
verd-antique1745
verde antico1753
ophiolite1824
the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > metamorphic rock > [noun] > marble > serpentine
ophitesa1398
serpentine1426
ophite1592
serpentine marble1601
serpentine stone1662
viper-stone1741
verd-antique1745
verde antico1753
serpent-stone1757
ophiolite1824
ophicalcite1866
1745 R. Pococke Descr. East II. i. 193 The hills of Antioch are part of them of a crumbling stone, like verd antique.
1756 Philos. Trans. 1755 (Royal Soc.) 49 109 Columns of verd' antique and oriental alabaster.
1806 J. Pinkerton Recoll. Paris II. 139 Egyptian breccia..has been mistaken for the serpentine-marble, called verd antique.
1838 T. B. Macaulay in G. O. Trevelyan Life & Lett. Macaulay (1876) II. vii. 32 I should like to see the walls of St. Paul's incrusted with porphyry and verde antique.
1884 Mag. of Art Apr. 226/1 Its design must have been made entirely to suit the twelve columns of verd-antique which surround its walls.
attributive.1828 Lights & Shades Eng. Life II. 282 A verd-antique pitcher with an ear.1857 J. D. Dana Min. (1862) 147 Serpentine forms a handsome marble when polished, especially when mixed with limestone, constituting verd-antique marble.
b. oriental verd-antique, green porphyry. Occasionally without adjective. Also attributive.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > igneous rock > [noun] > porphyrite rock > varieties of
red rock1721
oriental verd-antique1852
kersanton1862
kersantite1868
uralite-porphyry1868
monchiquite1891
vogesite1891
camptonite1895
hedrumite1896
wyomingite1897
spessartite1908
rhyodacite1913
rhyolite1932
society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > gem or precious stone > rock crystal > [noun] > porphyry > green
oriental verd-antique1852
1852 E. Barber Painters' Assist. 75 To imitate Oriental Verdantique Marble.
1857 J. D. Dana Min. (1862) 356 Green porphyry is the oriental verd antique of the ancients, and was held in high esteem.
1879 F. Rutley Study of Rocks xii. 240 The verde-antique porphyry is one of the diabase-porphyrites.
2. A green incrustation on brass or copper; verdigris.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > green or greenness > green colouring matter > [noun] > pigment or dye > verdigris
verdigris1300
green brassa1398
Spanish green1611
aerugo1664
verdigris water1668
verd-antiquea1835
a1835 F. D. Hemans Last Wasp Scot. in Poems (1849) 523 Never may housemaid wipe the verd antique From coin of thine.
1851 D. Wilson Archæol. & Prehistoric Ann. Scotl. iii. v. 447 Another example.., covered with verd antique, is a light and beautiful bracelet.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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