verd antique

or verde antique

[ vurd ]

/ vɜrd /

noun

a green, mottled or impure serpentine, sold as a marble and much used for decorative purposes.

any of various similar green stones.

Origin of verd antique

1735–45; <French <Italian verde antico literally, antique green. See verdure, antique

Words nearby verd antique

Vercelli, Vercelli Book, Vercingetorix, Verdandi, verdant, verd antique, Verde, Verdelho, verderer, Verde River, Verdi

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Example sentences from the Web for verd antique

The furniture was embellishcd with gorgeous carvings, and enriched with marble, jasper and verd-antique.
The Empire of Austria; Its Rise and Present Power|John S. C. Abbott
Our astonishment was not lessened when we found it was one solid mass of verd-antique marble.
Pencillings by the Way|N. Parker Willis
The great Plain of Esdraelon lay below us like a vast mosaic of green and brown--jasper and verd-antique.
The Lands of the Saracen|Bayard Taylor
In the boudoirs of the sultanas they were sometimes of verd-antique, and incrusted with lapis-lazuli.
Stories of the Olden Time|Various

Chatterton took great pains to encrust his gold with verd-antique; it requires little to remove the green rubbish from the coin.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXII.|Various

British Dictionary definitions for verd antique

verd antique

/ (vɜːd) /

noun

a dark green mottled impure variety of serpentine marble

any of various similar marbles or stones

another name for verdigris

Word Origin for verd antique

C18: from French, from Italian verde antico ancient green

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单词	verd antique
释义	verd antique or verde antique [ vurd ] / vɜrd / noun a green, mottled or impure serpentine, sold as a marble and much used for decorative purposes. any of various similar green stones. Origin of verd antique 1735–45; <French <Italian verde antico literally, antique green. See verdure, antique Words nearby verd antique Vercelli, Vercelli Book, Vercingetorix, Verdandi, verdant, verd antique, Verde, Verdelho, verderer, Verde River, Verdi Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for verd antique The furniture was embellishcd with gorgeous carvings, and enriched with marble, jasper and verd-antique. The Empire of Austria; Its Rise and Present Power\|John S. C. Abbott Our astonishment was not lessened when we found it was one solid mass of verd-antique marble. Pencillings by the Way\|N. Parker Willis The great Plain of Esdraelon lay below us like a vast mosaic of green and brown--jasper and verd-antique. The Lands of the Saracen\|Bayard Taylor In the boudoirs of the sultanas they were sometimes of verd-antique, and incrusted with lapis-lazuli. Stories of the Olden Time\|Various Chatterton took great pains to encrust his gold with verd-antique; it requires little to remove the green rubbish from the coin. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXII.\|Various British Dictionary definitions for verd antique verd antique / (vɜːd) / noun a dark green mottled impure variety of serpentine marble any of various similar marbles or stones another name for verdigris Word Origin for verd antique C18: from French, from Italian verde antico ancient green Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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