| 单词 | shell-gold |
| 释义 | > as lemmasshell-gold shell-gold n. [see sense 2e] gold for painting or writing, laid in a mussel-shell. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > writing materials > materials for illumination > [noun] limning gold1420 shell-gold1573 shell-silver1573 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > equipment for painting or drawing > [noun] > silver or gold for painting shell-gold1573 shell-silver1573 gold shell?1675 1573 Treat. Arte of Limming fo. iiij If you will buye at the Potecaries shell golde or shell silver, with the which (being tempered with gumme water) you may verye well write with a pen. 1675 A. Browne Ars Pictoria (ed. 2) App. 25 Cover over the Rais'd Work with the finest Shell Gold. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Gold Shell Gold is that us'd by the Illuminers... After leaving it to infuse some time in Aqua fortis, they put it in Shells, where it sticks. 1758 R. Dossie Handmaid to Arts 391 When the gold powders are used along with paintings in water colours, it is previously formed into shell gold... This shell gold is prepared by tempering the gold powder with very weak gum water. 1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art II. 803 When great brilliancy is not wanted, shell-gold may be used instead of gold leaf, to gild upon the size. < as lemmas |
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