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The act or process of refining gold or silver, etc., in a cupel.

cord. Gower. To chase a creature that was current then In these wild woods, the hart with golden horns. Tennyson.

a pad on which gilders cut gold leaf;

mer; by this means he gets credit for something considerable, and then never pays for it. Goldsmith.

t off in front), worn in the Middle Ages. It was sometimes embroidered or interwoven with gold. Also, a rich stuff from which the gown was made.

One of the Cyprinidae, or Carp family, as the goldfish, barbel, etc.

itlepage, another works away at the body of the book, and the therd is a dab at an index. Goldsmith.

with inlaid lines of gold, etc., or with a peculiar marking or "water," as metal. See Damaskeen. Mingled metal damasked o'er with gold. Dryde On the soft, downy bank, damasked with flowers. Milton.

ture, or with designs produced by inlaying or incrusting with another metal, as silver or gold, or by etching, etc., to damask. Damaskeening is is partly mosaic work, partly engraving, and partly carving. Ure.

To invoke damnation; to curse. "While I inwardly damn." Goldsmith.

A gold coin of ancient Persia, weighing usually a little more than 128 grains, and bearing on one side of the figure of an archer.

oetic] He brought him through a darksome narrow pass To a broad gate, all built of beaten gold. Spenser.

lly applied to a farm laborer, or to a workman who does not work at any particular trade. Goldsmith.

unerring; fixed; complete; as, a dead shot; a dead certainty. I had them a dead bargain. Goldsmith.

ot to deal thy bread to the hungry Is. lviii. 7. And Rome deals out her blessings and her gold. Tickell. The nightly mallet deals resounding blows. Gay. Hissing through the skies, the feathery deaths were dealt. Dryden.

The fathers were ordered to decamp, and the house was once again converted into a tavern. Goldsmith.

ay. Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates and men decay. Goldsmith.

. E'en while fashion's brightest arts decoy, The heart, distrusting, asks if this be joy. Goldsmith.

, treasures, a temple, or a church, to a religious use. Vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, . . . which also king David did dedicate unto the Lord. 2 Sam. viii. 10, 11. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. . . . Bu…

To become clear, pure, or free. Goldsmith.