gold-beating

noun

1. the act, process, or skill of hammering sheets of gold into gold leaf

Derived Forms

• ˈgold-ˌbeater, noun

Example Sentences

Four principal operations constitute the art of gold beating.

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I shall now describe some peculiarities of the French practice of gold beating.

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In the city are canneries of vegetables and fruit, glass-works and a gold-beating establishment.

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Even in the tombs at Beni-Hassan we find the process of gold-beating illustrated in full.

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The ancient Romans were not ignorant of the process of gold-beating, although they did not carry it so far as we do.

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