patina

A bowl; a patella.

An incrustation which forms on bronze after a certain amount of exposure to the weather, or after burial beneath the ground.

By extension, the surface-texture or -color which other works of decorative art, as a wooden cabinet or the like, gain through the action of time.

The surface, produced partly by accretion, partly by discoloration and the effects of acid in the soil, given to marble by long inhumation.

[capitalized] [NL.] In conch., a genus of gastropods.

A dish or plate of metal or earthenware; a patella.

The color or incrustation which age gives to works of art; especially, the green rust which covers ancient bronzes, coins, and medals.

A paten, flat type of dish

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.

A green colour, tinted with grey, like that of bronze patina.