| 单词 | gold powder |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgold powder gold powder n. (a) gold in the form of or reduced to powder, used esp. for gilding and decorating; †(b) any of various (supposedly) medicinal powders, typically containing gold or gold salts (obsolete). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > gilding and silvering > [noun] > gilding > gold-powder gold powder1608 brocade1869 1608 A. Willet Hexapla in Exodum xxxii. 751 For Moses..to have sprinkled a little of the gold powder [sc. from the golden calf]..where hee tooke up the water to drinke. 1696 G. Harvey Treat. Small-pox & Measles (new ed.) xxi. 178 If any body pleaseth to add gold Powder, that is, filed very fine, or rather leaf gold, the medicine would be render'd more precious. 1744 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) II. 250 Your letter..I believe drove away my headache..: every testimony of your love and friendship is better to me than gold-powder or sal volatile. 1755 G. Wirgman tr. L. Heister Med., Chirurg., & Anat. Cases & Observ. 16 The doctor ordered the following powder, being a species of the Zell gold powder. 1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 612 The mechanical mode [of gilding] is the application of gold leaf or gold powder to various surfaces. 1907 Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 30 Nov. 1862/2 At one time Keeley sent gold powders in place of the gold pills. 1962 E. Bruton Dict. Clocks & Watches (1963) 80 Fire gilding..was done by mixing gold powder with mercury to make a paste like butter which was brushed on. 2016 Business Line (Nexis) 22 Aug. The ink is inspired by illustrations in Medieval books where craftsmen would use golden leaves and gold powder to create gilded inscriptions. < as lemmas |
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