patina \pat"ina\ (p[a^]t"[i^]*n[.a]; It. p[aum]"t[-e]*n[.a]), n.
   [It., fr. L. patina a dish, a pan, a kind of cake. Cf.
   Paten.]
   1. A dish or plate of metal or earthenware; a patella.
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   2. (Fine Arts) The color or incrustation which age gives to
      works of art; especially, the green rust which covers
      ancient bronzes, coins, and medals. --Fairholt.
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	patina
    n 1: a fine coating of oxide on the surface of a metal

	

	50 Moby Thesaurus words for "patina":
   burnish, coat, coating, collop, covering, cut, deal, disk, feuille,
   film, finish, flap, foil, fold, glaze, gloss, lamella, lamina,
   laminated glass, laminated wood, lap, leaf, luster, membrane, pane,
   panel, patination, peel, pellicle, plait, plank, plate, plating,
   ply, plywood, polish, rasher, safety glass, scum, sheet, shine,
   skin, slab, slat, slice, table, tablet, veneer, verdigris, wafer