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

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

Aureate :: Aureate (a.) Golden; gilded.

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

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

Engild :: Engild (v. t.) To gild; to make splendent.

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

Aurated :: Aurated (a.) Resembling or containing gold; gold-colored; gilded.

Gildale :: Gildale (v. t.) A drinking bout in which every one pays an equal share.

Gorget :: Gorget (n.) A small ornamental plate, usually crescent-shaped, and of gilded copper, formerly hung around the neck of officers in full uniform in some modern armies..

Gilder :: Gilder (n.) A Dutch coin. See Guilder.

Overgild :: Overgild (v. t.) To gild over; to varnish.

Vermeil :: Vermeil (n.) A liquid composition applied to a gilded surface to give luster to the gold.

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..

Cushion :: Cushion (n.) a pad on which gilders cut gold lea.

Were :: Were (n.) A fine for slaying a man; the money value set upon a man's life; weregild.

Weregild :: Weregild (n.) The price of a man's head; a compensation paid of a man killed, partly to the king for the loss of a subject, partly to the lord of a vassal, and partly to the next of kin. It was paid by the murderer..

Begild :: Begild (v. t.) To gild.

Electro-gilt :: Electro-gilt (a.) Gilded by means of voltaic electricity.

Tip :: Tip (n.) A thin, boarded brush made of camel's hair, used by gilders in lifting gold leaf..

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