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Definition of Patination
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Patination
Literary usage of Patination
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of the British Archaeological Association by British Archaeological Association (1906)
"They are chiefly remarkable for their very perfect condition and beautiful patination.
There were included in the exhibit two Neolithic implements, ..."
2. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"Further, we are by no means well informed as to the value of patination in flints
... The depth and intensity of the patination would no doubt have a direct ..."
3. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy by Royal Irish Academy (1905)
"Patination and Abrasion. The flakes from the surface layers and upper beds of
... The delft-like and white colour of the patination of the flakes in the ..."
4. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"Further, we are by no means well informed as to the value of patination in flints
... The depth and intensity of the patination would no doubt have a direct ..."
5. Man by Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland (1905)
"The subject of the patination of the surface of flint implements is one of
importance both to the implement-hunter and the geologist ; and, as it seems just ..."
6. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1917)
"He found that implements varied in their patination or weathering, that some were
more patinated than others, and as he went deeper ..."
7. Geological Magazine by Henry Woodward (1900)
"The varieties of patination and tint, due to exposure on the desert, are carefully
dealt with at pages 106, 107, 110, and 111, and are not found ..."
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