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gilding meaning

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WGilding
  • The term gilding covers a number of decorative techniques for applying fine gold leaf or powder to solid surfaces such as wood, stone, or metal to give a thin coating of gold. A gilded object is described as "gilt".
  • ^ Sloan, Annie (1996) Decorative Gilding, Collins & Brown, ISBN 978-0-89577-879-6
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  • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
    1. Nouns
      • Countable nouns
        • Singularia tantum
          • Uncountable nouns
        • Verbs
          • Verb forms
            • Participles
              • Present participles
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        1. en gildings
        2. en gilding metal
        3. en gilding the lily
        Source: Wiktionary

        Meaning of gilding for the defined word.

        Grammatically, this word "gilding" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun and a singularia tantum. It's also a verb, more specifically, a verb form.
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