D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Water gilding

/wôt'-ẽr gĭl'-dĭng/ · Wa·ter gild·ing · IPA
01 The act, or the process, of gilding metallic surfaces by covering them with a thin coating of amalgam of gold, and then volatilizing the me…
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    The act, or the process, of gilding metallic surfaces by covering them with a thin coating of amalgam of gold, and then volatilizing the mercury by heat; -- called also wash gilding. Also: wash gilding