Gold-size.
A size used as a surface on which to apply gold-leaf.The oil gold-size is a mixture of linsed-oil or faloil and other ground by the muller and used in oil gilding.
The gold-size used in burnish-gilding is a peculiar composition, consisting of pipe-clay, red chalk, black-lead, suet, and bullocks blood, compounded and thinned with a solution of gelatine.