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gold size en · NOUN

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1. (countable, uncountable) A size (or viscous wash) put down on a surface on which gold leaf is to be applied.
   • Gold size […] is drying oil mixed with calcined red ochre. 1842, William Thomas Brande, A Dictionary of Science, Literature and Art:
   • Whatsoever you would gild must be first drawn with a gold size. 1735, Dictionarium Polygraphicum, volume I:

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