Brunswick green

Brunswick green
Brunswick green Bruns"wick green` [G. Braunschweiger gr["u]n, first made at Brunswick, in Germany.] An oxychloride of copper, used as a green pigment; also, a carbonate of copper similarly employed. [1913 Webster]

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  • Brunswick green — Green Green (gr[=e]n), n. 1. The color of growing plants; the color of the solar spectrum intermediate between the yellow and the blue. [1913 Webster] 2. A grassy plain or plat; a piece of ground covered with verdant herbage; as, the village… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Brunswick green — Green Green (gr[=e]n), n. 1. The color of growing plants; the color of the solar spectrum intermediate between the yellow and the blue. [1913 Webster] 2. A grassy plain or plat; a piece of ground covered with verdant herbage; as, the village… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • brunswick green — noun Usage: often capitalized B Etymology: translation of German Braunschweiger grün 1. a. : a green pigment consisting of a copper salt (as a basic copper chloride or a basic copper carbonate) called also old Brunswick green b. : chrome green 1b …   Useful english dictionary

  • Brunswick Green — Braunschweigisches Grün, auch als Braunschweiger Grün bezeichnet, ist eine Maler und Anstreichfarbe, die ab 1767 von den Gebrüdern Johann Heinrich und Christoph Julius Gravenhorst in Braunschweig zum ersten Mal in großer Reinheit und Menge… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Brunswick green — /brʌnzwɪk ˈgrin/ (say brunzwik green) noun Chemistry cupric oxychloride or copper (II) oxochloride, a green pigment used as a pesticide …  

  • Brunswick green — noun see chrome green …   Useful english dictionary

  • light brunswick green — noun Usage: often capitalized B : a green that is yellower and paler than holly green (sense 1), lighter, stronger, and slightly yellower than deep chrome green, and yellower, lighter, and stronger than average hunter green or middle Brunswick… …   Useful english dictionary

  • deep brunswick green — noun Usage: often capitalized B : a green that is yellower and darker than bottle green, bluer and duller than forest green (sense 1), and yellower, darker, and slightly stronger than evergreen distinguished from light Brunswick green and middle… …   Useful english dictionary

  • middle brunswick green — noun Usage: often capitalized B : a green that is duller and slightly yellower than holly green (sense 1), bluer, stronger, and slightly lighter than deep chrome green, yellower than average hunter green, and yellower, lighter, and stronger than… …   Useful english dictionary

  • old Brunswick green — noun see brunswick green …   Useful english dictionary

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