patina
nounA bowl; a patella.
nounAn incrustation which forms on bronze after a certain amount of exposure to the weather, or after burial beneath the ground.
nounBy 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.
nounThe surface, produced partly by accretion, partly by discoloration and the effects of acid in the soil, given to marble by long inhumation.
noun[capitalized] [NL.] In conch., a genus of gastropods.
nounA dish or plate of metal or earthenware; a patella.
nounThe color or incrustation which age gives to works of art; especially, the green rust which covers ancient bronzes, coins, and medals.
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