patina

[Lat. a pan, a dish, a kind of cake, from pateo =to lie open.] 1. A bowl of metal or earthenware; a patella. 2. The green ærugo, or rust, which covers ancient bronzes and metals, and which, being one great proof of age, has often been fraudulently imitated by forgers of antiques, by the action of acetic acid. *patish, v . t . [O. Fr.] To bargain, to stipulate. "The money... patished for his raun some." - Udall : Apoph. of Erasmus , p. 293. păt-1-tür, 8. [Lat. he suffers, 3d pers. sing. pros, indic. of patior to suffer.] Eccles.: The mark by which the absence absence of a prebendary from choir, either by sickne or leave, was denoted. In either case he did not forfeit any of his revenue. păt-lý, adv. [English pat, a; -ly.] In a pat manner; fitly, exactly, conveniently, appropriately. *păt'-ma-wõrt, subst . [From patma , the native name of Rafflesia patma , and Eng, wort .] Botany ( pl .): A name proposed by Lindley for Rafflesiacese, but ultimately altered to Raffles i ads. păt-ne , s . [Eng. pat , a.: -ne .] The quality or state of being pat; fitne , exactne , appropriatene .