| 单词 | water-gilt |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswater-gilt water-gilt adj. and n. (a) adj. that has been gilded by water gilding; (b) n. water-gilt material; (also) gilt produced by such a method. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > gilding and silvering > [adjective] > gilded gildedOE giltc1330 ygilt1340 gilteda1400 gold-hewna1400 gold-beatenc1400 gold-beata1413 overgilta1425 parcel-gilt1453 party-gilt1469 begilded1594 inaurated1623 parcela1625 begilta1637 water-gilt1707 inaurate1855 1707 Daily Courant 1 Feb. Lost on Thursday Night last, about 10 a Clock,..a plain Silver-hilted Sword in an old Red Belt Water-gilt. a1776 Duchess of Northumberland Diary in Country Life (1974) 7 Feb. 251/3 The Water Gilt Locks..were made at Birmingham. 1898 Westm. Gaz. 28 Oct. 4/2 A Processional cross... The materials employed are silver, water-gilt, carbuncles, green onyx, and enamel. 1906 N. H. Moore Collector's Man. x. 256 The use of metal mounts, made usually of handsome hand-worked or cast brass, and in finer pieces, of water gilt. 1931 E. Ferber Amer. Beauty i. 23 Oh, my gracious, look at that knocker. It's an Adam, gilded with water gilt. 2001 Burlington Mag. Feb. 113/2 White marble sculpture, even more than water-gilt furniture, is seldom seen to advantage lit brightly from above. < as lemmas |
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