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Princeton's WordNet
gilt, gildingnoun
a coating of gold or of something that looks like gold
Wiktionary
gildingnoun
The art of applying gold leaf to a surface
gildingnoun
Gold leaf
gildingnoun
A coating of gold, etc.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Gildingnoun
Gold laid on any surface by way of ornament.
Etymology: from gild.
Silvering will sully and canker more than gilding, which, if it might be corrected with a little mixture of gold, there is profit. Francis Bacon, Phys. Rem.
The church of the Annunciation, all but one corner of it, is covered with statues, gilding, and paint. Joseph Addison, on Italy.
Could laureate John Dryden Pimp and Fry’r engage,
And I not strip the gilding off a knave,
Unplac’d, unpension’d, no man’s heir or slave? Alexander Pope, Hor.
Wikipedia
Gilding
Gilding is a decorative technique for applying a very thin coating of gold over solid surfaces such as metal (most common), wood, porcelain, or stone. A gilded object is also described as "gilt". Where metal is gilded, the metal below was traditionally silver in the West, to make silver-gilt (or vermeil) objects, but gilt-bronze is commonly used in China, and also called ormolu if it is Western. Methods of gilding include hand application and gluing, typically of gold leaf, chemical gilding, and electroplating, the last also called gold plating. Parcel-gilt (partial gilt) objects are only gilded over part of their surfaces. This may mean that all of the inside, and none of the outside, of a chalice or similar vessel is gilded, or that patterns or images are made up by using a combination of gilt and ungilted areas. Gilding gives an object a gold appearance at a fraction of the cost of creating a solid gold object. In addition, a solid gold piece would often be too soft or too heavy for practical use. A gilt surface also does not tarnish as silver does.
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gilding
Gilding refers to the process of applying a thin layer of gold or gold-like substance onto a surface, typically used in art or decorative elements. This technique is often used to increase the aesthetic appeal or perceived value of an object, making it appear as though it is made of solid gold. The gold layer can be real gold (gold leaf or gold foil) or imitation, applied by various methods such as chemical gilding, mechanical gilding or electroplating.
Webster Dictionary
Gilding
of Gild
Wikidata
Gilding
The term gilding covers a number of decorative techniques for applying fine gold leaf or powder to solid surfaces such as wood, stone, or metal to give a thin coating of gold. A gilded object is described as "gilt". Where metal is gilded, it was traditionally silver in the West, to make silver-gilt objects, but gilt-bronze is commonly used in China, and also called ormolu if it is Western. Methods of gilding include hand application and glueing, chemical gilding, and electroplating, the last also called gold plating. Parcel-gilt objects are only gilded over part of their surfaces. This may mean that all of the inside, and none of the outside, of a chalice or similar vessel is gilded, or that patterns or images are made up by using a combination of gilt and un-gilt areas.
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
GILDING
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Gilding is ranked #122314 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Gilding surname appeared 141 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Gilding.
85.8% or 121 total occurrences were White.
5.6% or 8 total occurrences were Black.
4.9% or 7 total occurrences were of two or more races.
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Anagrams for gilding »
gliding
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of gilding in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of gilding in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of gilding in a Sentence
it’s not funny nor humorous anymore, is it? this practical confine greasing our gills, gilding our lilies, suffocating on our common wreckage
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