Found 1 hit - Term: distilled verdigris, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
verdigris \ver"digris\, n. f. vert-de-gris, apparently from
verd, vert, green + de of + gris gray, but really a
corruption of ll. viride aeris equivalent to l. aerugo,
from l. viridis green + aes, aeris, brass. see verdant, and
2d ore.
1. chem. a green poisonous substance used as a pigment and
drug, obtained by the action of acetic acid on copper, and
consisting essentially of a complex mixture of several
basic copper acetates.
1913 webster
2. the green rust formed on copper. colloq.
1913 webster
note: this rust is a carbonate of copper, and should not be
confounded with true verdigris. --u. s. disp.
1913 webster
blue verdigris chem., a verdigris having a blue color,
used as a pigment, etc.
distilled verdigris old chem., an acid copper acetate; --
so called because the acetic acid used in making it was
obtained from distilled vinegar.
verdigris green, clear bluish green, the color of
verdigris.
1913 webster
see also:
verdant ore blue verdigris distilled verdigris verdigris green
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