Vĕrd'-an-tique', n.

(-an-tēk'), n. [Fr., from verd, vert, green, and antique, ancient; It. verde antico.]

1. A green incrustation on ancient coins, brass or copper, produced by the action of time. Fairholt.
2. (Min.) (a.) A mottled-green serpentine marble. (b.) A green porphyry, used as marble, and called oriental verd-antique. Dana.