venturine
English
Etymology
Compare aventurine.
Noun
venturine (uncountable)
- Gold powder for covering varnished surfaces in japanning.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for venturine in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)