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| (...) Like the OED. verdigris v@+-Rdigris. Forms: &ia.; 4 century verdegrez, 4-6 century -gres(e, 5 century -greys, 7 century -gresse, -griese, 7-8 century -grease; 5-6 century verdegrece, 6-7 century -greace, 7-8 century -greece; 6-9 century (...) (25 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001)
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| (...) Right -- patina is the filmy layer, whereas verdigris is its color. (25 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001)
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| (...) But this Grece story is debatable, despite being reported in common dictionaries. (25 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001)
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| (...) In the circles I frequent, 'patina' is always qualified with a color name, like red patina, green patina, brown patina. Not that Lego is going to come out with all those nice colors. -Erik (25 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001)
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| (...) As an aside, Sunday morning on NPR's Weekend Edition a story mentioned 'verdigris' and 'patina' (and i thing 'aged copper') in the same sentance. Isn't it odd how once you hear or see a word it shows up 'everywhere'? Or maybe I'm just paying (...) (25 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001)
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