Sinoper

Sinoper
Sinoper Sin"o*per, n. (Min.) Sinople. [1913 Webster]

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  • sinoper — sin·o·per …   English syllables

  • sinoper — noun a red ocher formerly used as a pigment • Syn: ↑sinopis, ↑sinopia • Hypernyms: ↑ocher, ↑ochre …   Useful english dictionary

  • Sinopia — is a reddish brown ocher like earth color pigment used in traditional oil painting. It is used for the cartoon or underpainting for a fresco. It is composed of iron oxides, from a kind of clay or quartz called sinople.Sinopia was written about by …   Wikipedia

  • Kotyōra — (a. Geogr), Emporium in Pontos, lag am Kotyoräischen Busen des Schwarzen Meeres, Colonie der Sinoper; hier schifften sich die 10,000 Griechen ein, um in ihr Vaterland zurückzukehren …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Sinōpe — Sinōpe, im Altertum griech. Stadt in Paphlagonien, am Schwarzen Meer, auf dem schmalen Hals einer felsigen Halbinsel zwischen zwei natürlichen Häfen gelegen, war ursprünglich altassyrische Kolonie, erlangte aber erst nach Besitznahme durch die… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • sinopis — /sin euh peuhs, si noh peuhs/, n. a red ocher, used from antiquity to the Middle Ages. Also, sinopia /si noh pee euh/, sinoper /sin euh peuhr/. [ < L Sinopis ocher found in Sinope, Greek colony in Paphlagonia; cf. late ME synopre L] * * * …   Universalium

  • sinopia — noun a red ocher formerly used as a pigment • Syn: ↑sinopis, ↑sinoper • Hypernyms: ↑ocher, ↑ochre …   Useful english dictionary

  • sinopis — noun a red ocher formerly used as a pigment • Syn: ↑sinopia, ↑sinoper • Hypernyms: ↑ocher, ↑ochre …   Useful english dictionary

  • senoper — variant of sinoper Obs …   Useful english dictionary

  • sinaper — variant of sinoper …   Useful english dictionary

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