| 单词 | water-gilder |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswater-gilder water-gilder n. a practitioner of or expert in water gilding. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > gilding and silvering > [noun] > gilding > gilder > specific water-gilder1725 card-edge gilder1829 parcel-gilder1884 1725 Daily Courant 20 May Having lost the Use of his Hands by working in Quick-silver, [he] is thereby render'd incapable of getting his Living, (being by Trade a Water-Gilder). 1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. II. 931 Until lately water-gilders made use of mercury for depositing gold on metallic surfaces. 1995 K. McCloud Techniques of Decorating (1998) 100/1 For centuries, water-gilders have practised the highly skilled art of laying loose sheets of gold over layers of damp glue. < as lemmas |
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