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Definition of Gold-plate

1. Verb. Plate with gold. "Goldplate a watch"

Definition of Gold-plate

1. Verb. (alternative spelling of gold plate) ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Gold-plate

Literary usage of Gold-plate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Hall Marks on Gold & Silver Plate by William Chaffers (1905)
"From and after the passing of this Act, gold wedding rings shall be assayed and marked in like manner as gold plate not exempted is required by the statutes ..."

2. Schliemann's Excavations: An Archaeological and Historical Study by Karl Schuchhardt (1891)
"ox-HEAD OF OOLD PLATE FROM GRAVE iv (natural size). gold plate soldered together. The line of the solder can still be distinctly recognised, for one of the ..."

3. The Principles and practice of dentistry: Including Anatomy, Physiology by Chapin Aaron Harris, Philip H. Austen (1882)
"Especially is this neces- sincc the dental depots seldom keep on hand any gold plate finer »an eighteen carats. This we consider discreditable to the ..."

4. The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial ScienceChemistry (1894)
"After fifteen days the gold plate was dull from deposited gold. ... The gold plate became of a dull brown colour near where it had been in contact with the ..."

5. The Connoisseur by George Colman, B. Thornton (1904)
"The earliest remaining piece of old English gold plate, ecclesiastical or domestic, is the splendid gold chalice and paten given, with the magnificent ..."

6. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1879)
"In a similar manner the means of the results got with the gold plate in water and carbon bisulphide were corrected, the final results being with red light. ..."

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