Gilding. A flat brush for taking up gold leaf. Obsolete. rare.

A thin flat brush, made of camel's or squirrel's hair (originally the tip of a squirrel's tail) fixed between two pieces of cardboard glued…

Gilding. An adhesive compound for fixing gold leaf. Cf. gold size n. at gold, n.1 adj.compounds 1e.

In various specific and technical applications: as, the ‘pillow’ used in making bone-lace; a receptacle for pins, a pincushion, n.; †an ink-pad for…

Any of various small implements resembling a mop; spec. (a) an aspergillum; (b) a brush used by gilders; (c) a circular pad of cloth used in…

concrete. Gilding. A kind of size used as a mordant for gold leaf (see quot. 1890). Obsolete. rare.