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Cordwain :: Cordwain (n.) A term used in the Middle Ages for Spanish leather (goatskin tanned and dressed), and hence, any leather handsomely finished, colored, gilded, or the like..

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

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..

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

Gild :: Gild (v. t.) To give a fair but deceptive outward appearance to; to embellish; as, to gild a lie..

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

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

Gilt :: Gilt (p. p. & a.) Gilded; covered with gold; of the color of gold; golden yellow.

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

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

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..

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

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

Gold-beaten :: Gold-beaten (a.) Gilded.

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..

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

Gilder :: Gilder (n.) One who gilds; one whose occupation is to overlay with gold.

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

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

Regild :: Regild (v. t.) To gild anew.

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