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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..

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

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

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..

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

Orfgild :: Orfgild (n.) Restitution for cattle; a penalty for taking away cattle.

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..

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

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

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

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..

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

Inaurate :: Inaurate (v. t.) To cover with gold; to gild.

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

Gilt :: Gilt () imp. & p. p. of Gild.

Deaurate :: Deaurate (a.) Gilded.

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

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

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

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

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