3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Verdigris  \Ver"di*gris\,  v.  t. 
  To  cover,  or  coat,  with  verdigris.  [R.]  ``An  old  verdigrised 
  brass  bugle.''  --Hawthorne. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Verdigris  \Ver"di*gris\,  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. 
 
  2.  The  green  rust  formed  on  copper.  [Colloq.] 
 
  Note:  This  rust  is  a  carbonate  of  copper,  and  should  not  be 
  confounded  with  true  verdigris.  --U.  S.  Disp. 
 
  {Blue  verdigris}  (Chem.),  a  verdigris  having  a  blue  color, 
  used  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  verdigris 
  n  :  a  fine  layer  of  oxide  on  the  surface  of  a  metal  [syn:  {patina}] 
  v  :  color  verdigris 

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