Verd antique: alternatives and connections

A beautiful mottled and curled wood, used in cabinetwork. It is obtained from the Pterocarpus Indicus of Amboyna, Borneo, etc.

A variety of amphibole or of pyroxene, occurring in long and delicate fibers, or in fibrous masses or seams, usually of a white, gray,…

A mineral of great hardness, and, when transparent, of much beauty. It occurs in hexagonal prisms, commonly of a green or bluish green…

A hard, compact variety of serpentine found in Rhode Island. It is of a light green color and resembles jade.

A marble, clouded and veined with white, gray, yellow, and red, in which the yellow usually prevails. It is also called Siena marble,…

A species of agalloch, or aloes wood, of a dusky or mottled color, of a light, friable texture, and less fragrant than calambac; -- us…

A kind of fine, hard, white or mottled soap, made with olive oil and soda; also, a soap made in imitation of the above-described soap.

Literally, leaf green; a green granular matter formed in the cells of the leaves (and other parts exposed to light) of plants, to whic…

A mottled appearance given to ribbons and silks in the process of dyeing.

mainly crepuscular or nocturnal nonpasserine birds with mottled greyish-brown plumage and large eyes; feed on insects

A European finch (Ligurinus chloris); -- called also green bird, green linnet, green grosbeak, green olf, greeny, and peasweep.

Of a light color, or white, mottled with black or brown; grizzled or grizzly.

Any of the numerous species of gallinaceous birds of the family Tetraonidae, and subfamily Tetraoninae, inhabiting Europe, Asia, and N…

a west African bird having dark plumage mottled with white; native to Africa but raised for food in many parts of the world

Made to resemble marble; veined or spotted like marble.

To stain or grain in imitation of marble; to cover with a surface resembling marble; as, to marbleize slate, wood, or iron.

A thin, laminated variety of serpentine, usually of a pale green color.

Variegated like marble; covered or overlaid with marble.