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Definition of Patina
1. Noun. A fine coating of oxide on the surface of a metal.
Definition of Patina
1. n. A dish or plate of metal or earthenware; a patella.
Definition of Patina
1. Noun. (originally) A paten, flat type of dish ¹
2. Noun. The color or incrustation which age and wear give to (mainly metallic) objects; especially, the green rust which covers works of art such as ancient bronzes, coins and medals. ¹
3. Noun. A green colour, tinted with grey, like that of bronze patina. ¹
4. Adjective. Of a green colour, tinted with grey, like that of bronze patina. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Patina
1. a green film that forms on bronze [n -NAE or -NAS] : PATINAED [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Patina
Literary usage of Patina
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Metallic Alloys: A Practical Guide for the Manufacture of All Kinds of by William Theodore Brannt (1896)
"Genuine patina, especially that observed on very antique statues, consists, ...
To produce upon a statue a patina-like deposit, brush it over with a very ..."
2. Metal-colouring and Bronzing by Arthur Horseman Hiorns (1907)
"patina, in the points where water has run over them, a pale, chalky dulness,
which with time increases in thickness. A convenient treatment with oil would ..."
3. A Handbook of Greek and Roman Coins by Sir George Francis Hill (1899)
"Oxide ami patina. On the nature of the metal, but still more on the character of
the soil in which ancient coins have been buried, depends the quality of ..."
4. The Metallic Alloys: A Practical Guide for the Manufacture of All Kinds of by Alfred Krupp, Andreas Wildberger, William Theodore Brannt (1888)
"A finer coating, which more closely resembles genuine patina, is, however, ...
The formation of the patina under these conditions taking place in a similar ..."
5. Descriptive Catalogue of a Cabinet of Roman Imperial Large-brass Medals by William Henry Smyth (1834)
"It is slightly coated with patina, through which the yellow brass appears like
... A singularly fine and bold medal, coated with a greenish-brown patina, ..."
6. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1890)
"to ^asl,e to acquire the patina ^^^^ then, especially after the is, that the real
thing tha ^dl^°J the ..."
7. A Complete Treatise on the Electro-deposition of Metals: Comprising Electro by Georg Langbein (1909)
"By patina is understood the beautiful green colors, antique statues and other
art-works of bronze acquired by long exposure to ..."
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