patina \pat"ina\ (p[a^]t"[i^]*n[.a]; It. p[aum]"t[-e]*n[.a]), n.
[It., fr. L. patina a dish, a pan, a kind of cake. Cf.
Paten.]
1. A dish or plate of metal or earthenware; a patella.
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2. (Fine Arts) The color or incrustation which age gives to
works of art; especially, the green rust which covers
ancient bronzes, coins, and medals. --Fairholt.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
patina
n : a fine coating of oxide on the surface of a metal
[also: patinae (pl)]
WordNet (r) 2.0
50 Moby Thesaurus words for "patina":
burnish, coat, coating, collop, covering, cut, deal, disk, feuille,
film, finish, flap, foil, fold, glaze, gloss, lamella, lamina,
laminated glass, laminated wood, lap, leaf, luster, membrane, pane,
panel, patination, peel, pellicle, plait, plank, plate, plating,
ply, plywood, polish, rasher, safety glass, scum, sheet, shine,
skin, slab, slat, slice, table, tablet, veneer, verdigris, wafer
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
patinae (pl)
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