Gold leaf

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Gold beaten into a thin sheet. uncountable

    "But this Cobweb Lawn is too thin; a gold Leaf to cover the forgoing poison: For nothing is more plain, that he means, that the King is the Head Conspirator in all this slavery […]"

  2. 2
    a very thin form of gold foil wordnet

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gildsgiltmetal

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"But this Cobweb Lawn is too thin; a gold Leaf to cover the forgoing poison: For nothing is more plain, that he means, that the King is the Head Conspirator in all this slavery […]"

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