Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The process of becoming or the state of being covered with patina.
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- noun The
application of apatina .
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Examples
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Subtle patination suggests weathering and the passage of time.
Works of Many Dimensions Karen Wilkin 2011
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Long before the statue was unearthed, the natural process of patination had caused the formation of the red cuprite, blue azurite and green malachite commonly found in ancient bronzes.
Apollo Deconstructed Arnie Cooper 2011
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Philadelphia Ghost Signage Project « DESIGNPHILADELPHIA 2008
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The dark-brown shades we call "bronze color" are actually coats of patination, achieved by darkening the finished bronze surface with various oils, waxes and other substances.
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The artist will then rework the piece with wax for the fine details, finalize the patination coloring of the bronze, then put it on its base.
How To Buy & Sell just about Everything Jeff Wuorio 2003
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The artist will then rework the piece with wax for the fine details, finalize the patination coloring of the bronze, then put it on its base.
How To Buy & Sell just about Everything Jeff Wuorio 2003
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Yet such patination is unlikely to be created on a stone that was buried in the entirely calcareous environs of Jerusalem.
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The artist will then rework the piece with wax for the fine details, finalize the patination coloring of the bronze, then put it on its base.
How To Buy & Sell just about Everything Jeff Wuorio 2003
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At some time long after the natural processes of varnish and patination in a damp cave environment had been completed, someone carved a series of letters through the natural varnish on the ossuary's "back" side.
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Conclusion: At some time long after the natural processes of varnish and patination in a damp cave environment had been completed, someone carved a series of letters through the natural varnish on the ossuary.
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