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oil gilding
or oil-gilding
noun
- gilding of glass or ceramic ware by using a size of japan or lacquer.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of oil gilding1
First recorded in 1840–50
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Example Sentences
Water-proof gilding and silvering.—This kind of gilding, usually termed oil gilding, being the cheapest and most durable, is in general use for gilding or silvering letters on signs, labels, &c. and may be performed as follows:—Grind one ounce of white lead and two ounces of litharge, very fine, in a gill of old linseed oil, and if convenient, add nearly one-fourth of a gill of old copal varnish, and half an ounce of stone yellow; but neither of these last, are very essential ingredients.
From Project Gutenberg
In order to make good work in oil gilding there are several indispensable conditions which must be observed.
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