Ver"di*ter (?), n. [F. vert-de-terre,
literally, green of earth.] (Chem.) (a)
Verdigris. [Obs.] (b) Either one of two
pigments (called blue verditer, and green verditer) which are
made by treating copper nitrate with calcium carbonate (in the form of
lime, whiting, chalk, etc.) They consist of hydrated copper carbonates
analogous to the minerals azurite and malachite.
Verditer blue, a pale greenish blue color, like
that of the pigment verditer.