[a. It. Verona: see def.]
1. The name of a city in northern Italy used attrib. to designate articles found or produced in, or associated with, the locality, as Verona brown, earth, green, serge, etc. (see quots.).
1726. Dict. Rust. (ed. 3), s.v. Peach, Verona [peach].
1835. G. Field, Chromatography, 129. The greens called Verona green, and Verdetto,… are similar native pigments of a warmer colour.
1839. Ure, Dict. Arts, 619. Verona green is merely a variety of the mineral called green earth.
1850. Ansted, Elem. Geol., Min., etc., § 435. Hisingerite,… Verona earth, Nontronite,… are also impure silicates of [iron].
1858. Simmonds, Dict. Trade, Verona-serge, a thin worsted and cotton fabric. It is also made of mohair and cotton, and of various colours.
1889. Cent. Dict., s.v. Brown, Verona brown, a pigment used by artists in oil-painting. It is a calcined ferruginous earth, of a reddish brown tone.
2. ellipt. (See quot.)
1904. Tailor & Cutter, 4 Aug., 480/2. Verona, a thin make of woollen material with a cotton warp, having a bright twill; used for linings.
