Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The art or process of gilding copper, iron, etc., by means of voltaic electricity.
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Examples
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The present experiment was undertaken mainly in reference to its use in electro-gilding.
The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851 Various
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Siemens, then a young lieutenant of artillery in the Prussian service, in his endeavours to accomplish electro-gilding; the first impulse in this direction having been given by Professor C.
Heroes of the Telegraph John Munro 1889
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Physics and chemistry were his favourite studies; and his original researches in electro-gilding resulted in a Prussian patent in 1841.
Heroes of the Telegraph John Munro 1889
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However the manufacturer of the mascots, the Shenzhen Eastern Gold Jade Co. said that it had no plans to offer refunds, offering instead to repair any rust-spots which it put down to flaws in its 'electro-gilding' technology.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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