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15 total sentences available.
A lady ſhould, indeed, ſtudie her face, when wee thinke ſhee ſleepes: nor, when the dores are ſhut, ſhould men bee inquiring, all is ſacred within, then. [...] you ſee guilders will not worke, but inclos'd. They muſt not diſcouer, how little ſerues, with the helpe of art, to adorne a great deale.
Source: wiktionary
The leather gilders lay a Couch of water and whites of eggs on the leather, before they apply the leaf gold or ſilver.
Source: wiktionary
Gilding in oil, or oily ſize, is uſed for domes, roofs of churches, ſtatues that are to ſtand in the weather, &c. For this purpoſe the Engliſh gilders generally adopt a gold ſize, made of yellow oker ground fine with water, and dried on a chalk ſtone, then ground up with a proper quantity of drying oil, to give it the ſtiffneſs required.
Source: wiktionary
He was a painter and gilder. [...] Now could the poor gilder no longer get paid by his employers.
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Closest matches include gilding artisan, gold leaf worker, goldbeater, goldener, leafing craftsman.
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