| 单词 | leaf silver |
| 释义 | > as lemmasleaf silver leaf silver n. = silver-leaf n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > gilding and silvering > [noun] > coating with silver > silver leaf or plate silver-foil1439 silver plate1526 leaf silvera1577 plate silver1648 silver-leaf1728 a1577 T. Hill Briefe & Pleasaunt Treat. Nat. & Artific. Concl. (1581) sig. B.vi Take a fine Pensell with the licour drawyng on the leaues what proper matter or Armes you list, and after let the same drie of it self, puttyng vppon of the leafe golde, or the leafe siluer. 1712 E. Cooke Voy. S. Sea 87 Salvers, Spoons,..&c. cover'd with Leaf Silver and Gold. 1842 Penny Cycl. XXII. 21/2 When leaf-silver or fine silver-wire is heated by voltaic electricity, it burns with a fine green flame. 1913 Jrnl. Geol. (Chicago) 21 14 The silver used was chemically pure leaf silver. 2007 Sunday Business Post (Ireland) (Nexis) 30 Sept. 80 Blocks by Patrick O'Reilly, oil and pure leaf silver, mixed media on canvas. < as lemmas |
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