wash-gilding
The process of gilding with an amalgam of gold from which the mercury is driven off by…The process of gilding with an amalgam of gold from which the mercury is driven off by heat, leaving a coating of gold.
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)The process of gilding with an amalgam of gold from which the mercury is driven off by heat, leaving a coating of gold.
Synonyms
2 synonymsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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