Lexicographical Neighbors of Overgilding
Literary usage of Overgilding
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Handbook for Travellers in Spain by Richard Ford (1855)
"... sculpture, and overgilding. In a chapel crypt below the ' high altar, like
the sepulchre of St. Peter's at Rome, lies, or is said to lie, ..."
2. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1905)
"It was due to this elaboration and overgilding that the reaction known as the
Jansen style took place. This consists of soberly bound volumes absolutely ..."
3. Good Words by Norman Macleod (1882)
"did not perceive the bad pictures or the overgilding as he went away. The place
looked like a prison to him, and was dark and stifling. ..."
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