Crossword clues for patine
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Paten \Pat"en\, n. [LL. patina, patena, fr. L. patina, patena, a pan; cf. L. patere to be open, E. patent, and Gr. ? a kind of flat dish: cf. F. pat[`e]ne. Cf. Patina.]
A plate. [Obs.]
(Eccl.) The place on which the consecrated bread is placed in the Eucharist, or on which the host is placed during the Mass. It is usually small, and formed as to fit the chalice, or cup, as a cover.
Wiktionary
n. (context obsolete English) A plate. vb. To coat an object with a patina, either from natural oxidation or simulated aging.
Usage examples of "patine".
Amidala requested of Pal patine, beckoning the boy, the Gungan, and Captain Panaka to accompany them.
CHAPTER XV Look how the floor of heaven Is thick inlaid with patines of bright gold.
The building had a high facade, broken by four large windows, each of which had its two blinds of patined bronze filigree, and each overlooked a small balcony.
With its pure sky, and its odour of warm pines, its deep cool shadows, its patines of bright gold where the sun penetrates, and then, plashing through it, this curling, dimpling, artificial torrent?
CHAPTER XV Look how the floor of heaven Is thick inlaid with patines of bright gold.