gild
(ɪld)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
to coat with gold, gold leaf, or a gold-colored substance.
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guilding
Webster Dictionary
the art or practice of overlaying or covering with gold leaf; also, a thin coating or wash of gold, or of that which resembles gold
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gold foil
(ˈgoʊldˌfɪʃ)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
sheets of gold slightly thicker than gold leaf.
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begild
(gild, begild, engild)
Princeton's WordNet
decorate with, or as if with, gold leaf or liquid gold
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gild
(gild, begild, engild)
Princeton's WordNet
decorate with, or as if with, gold leaf or liquid gold
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gold-beater
(goldbeater, gold-beater)
Princeton's WordNet
an artisan who beats gold into gold leaf
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goldbeater
(goldbeater, gold-beater)
Princeton's WordNet
an artisan who beats gold into gold leaf
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engild
(gild, begild, engild)
Princeton's WordNet
decorate with, or as if with, gold leaf or liquid gold
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karat
(karat, carat, kt)
Princeton's WordNet
the unit of measurement for the proportion of gold in an alloy; 18-karat gold is 75% gold; 24-karat gold is pure gold
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carat
(karat, carat, kt)
Princeton's WordNet
the unit of measurement for the proportion of gold in an alloy; 18-karat gold is 75% gold; 24-karat gold is pure gold
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tip
(ɪp)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a small, delicate tool for applying gold leaf.
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clinquant
(ˈklɪŋ kənt)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
imitation gold leaf; tinsel; false glitter.
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cushion
Webster Dictionary
a pad on which gilders cut gold leaf
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pan
Webster Dictionary
a leaf of gold or silver
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overlay
(overlay)
Princeton's WordNet
a layer of decorative material (such as gold leaf or wood veneer) applied over a surface
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pallet
Webster Dictionary
an instrument used to take up gold leaf from the pillow, and to apply it
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guilding
Webster Dictionary
gold in leaf, powder, or liquid, for application to any surface
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mordant
Webster Dictionary
any sticky matter by which the gold leaf is made to adhere
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matted
Webster Dictionary
having a dull surface; unburnished; as, matted gold leaf or gilding
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mixtion
Webster Dictionary
a kind of cement made of mastic, amber, etc., used as a mordant for gold leaf
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tip
Webster Dictionary
a thin, boarded brush made of camel's hair, used by gilders in lifting gold leaf
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electroscope
(ɪˈlɛk trəˌskoʊp)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a device for detecting the presence and determining the sign of electric charges by means of electrostatic attraction and repulsion, often between two pieces of gold leaf enclosed in a glass-walled chamber.
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leaf
Webster Dictionary
something which is like a leaf in being wide and thin and having a flat surface, or in being attached to a larger body by one edge or end; as : (a) A part of a book or folded sheet containing two pages upon its opposite sides. (b) A side, division, or part, that slides or is hinged, as of window shutters, folding doors, etc. (c) The movable side of a table. (d) A very thin plate; as, gold leaf. (e) A portion of fat lying in a separate fold or layer. (f) One of the teeth of a pinion, especially when small
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matte
Webster Dictionary
a dead or dull finish, as in gilding where the gold leaf is not burnished, or in painting where the surface is purposely deprived of gloss
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pyroscope
Webster Dictionary
an instrument for measuring the intensity of heat radiating from a fire, or the cooling influence of bodies. It is a differential thermometer, having one bulb coated with gold or silver leaf
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megachile
Webster Dictionary
a leaf-cutting bee of the genus Megachilus. See Leaf cutter, under Leaf
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gold medal
(gold medal)
Princeton's WordNet
a trophy made of gold (or having the appearance of gold) that is usually awarded for winning first place in a competition
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foil
Webster Dictionary
a leaf or very thin sheet of metal; as, brass foil; tin foil; gold foil
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rocker
(rocker, cradle)
Princeton's WordNet
a trough that can be rocked back and forth; used by gold miners to shake auriferous earth in water in order to separate the gold
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cradle
(rocker, cradle)
Princeton's WordNet
a trough that can be rocked back and forth; used by gold miners to shake auriferous earth in water in order to separate the gold
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