feuillen.
/fəːi/ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > gilding and silvering > [noun] > gilding > gold leaf or plate
gold-foil1398
gold party1461
fulyie1488
rattle-gold1508
gold plate1549
gold leaf1573
leaf gold1576
feuille1662
gilt leaf1674
ormolu1765
gold plating1843
gold leafing1858
1662 W. Petty Treat. Taxes 35 If bullion be..beaten into feuilles.
b. The name of a colour: see quot.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > green or greenness > [noun] > shade or tint of green > light green
willow-green1672
oil-green1673
lily-green1739
celadon1768
nascent green1839
ice-green1863
eau-de-nil1870
Nile green1871
absinthe1872
reseda1874
feuille1883
mignonette1883
chartreuse1884
water-green1884
mignonette-green1888
Nile1895
serpent1895
willow1922
peppermint1930
kelly1936
1883 Cassell's Family Mag. Nov. 755/2 A very light green, known as Feuille.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online December 2018).
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