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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.

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