Goldbeating
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 The manufacture of gold leaf by hammering gold. uncountable
"The art of goldbeating is of great antiquity, being referred to by Homer; and Pliny states that one ounce of gold was extended to 750 leaves, each leaf being four fingers square, which is three times the thickness of the ordinary leaf gold of the present time."
Example
More examples"The art of goldbeating is of great antiquity, being referred to by Homer; and Pliny states that one ounce of gold was extended to 750 leaves, each leaf being four fingers square, which is three times the thickness of the ordinary leaf gold of the present time."
Etymology
From gold + beating.
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