| 单词 | fire silvering |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfire silvering fire silvering n. a process analogous to fire gilding but using silver in place of gold; an instance of this; see fire gilding n. ΚΠ 1871 Manufacturer & Builder Mar. 72/3 Only the metallic silver remains. It is then brightened by cleaning and burnishing, and stands as much wear and tear as fire-gilding; in fact, it is a fire-silvering. 1906 Sci. Amer. Suppl. 11 Aug. 25590/3 The amalgam is to be used for fire-silvering. 1971 Stud. in Conservation 16 118 We have developed a more gentle procedure of removing engraving which is based on the historic technique of fire silvering. < as lemmas |
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