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Gouge :: Gouge (n.) A bookbinder's tool for blind tooling or gilding, having a face which forms a curve..

Deaden :: Deaden (a.) To deprive of gloss or brilliancy; to obscure; as, to deaden gilding by a coat of size..

Deauration :: Deauration (n.) Act of gilding.

Matting :: Matting (n.) A dull, lusterless surface in certain of the arts, as gilding, metal work, glassmaking, etc..

Matte :: Matte (n.) 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..

Matted :: Matted (a.) Having a dull surface; unburnished; as, matted gold leaf or gilding..

Gelt :: Gelt (n.) Gilding; tinsel.

Inauration :: Inauration (n.) The act or process of gilding or covering with gold.

Flatting :: Flatting (n.) A method of preserving gilding unburnished, by touching with size..

Water Gilding :: Water gilding () The act, or the process, of gilding metallic surfaces by covering them with a thin coating of amalgam of gold, and then volatilizing the mercury by heat; -- called also wash gilding..

Infilm :: Infilm (v. t.) To cover with a film; to coat thinly; as, to infilm one metal with another in the process of gilding; to infilm the glass of a mirror..

Electro-gilding :: Electro-gilding (n.) The art or process of gilding copper, iron, etc., by means of voltaic electricity..

Tarnish :: Tarnish (v. i.) To lose luster; to become dull; as, gilding will tarnish in a foul air..

Gilding :: Gilding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gil.

Tarnish :: Tarnish (a.) To soil, or change the appearance of, especially by an alternation induced by the air, or by dust, or the like; to diminish, dull, or destroy the luster of; to sully; as, to tarnish a metal; to tarnish gilding; to tarnish the purity of color..

Pallet :: Pallet (n.) A tool for gilding the backs of books over the bands.

Gilt :: Gilt (n.) Gold, or that which resembles gold, laid on the surface of a thing; gilding..

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