water gilding

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water gilding - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Water gilding \Wa"ter gild"ing\
     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
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     [1913 Webster]