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n. Any of several copper and zinc or tin alloys resembling gold in appearance and used to ornament furniture, moldings, architectural details, and jewelry.

n. An imitation of gold.

n. Golden or gilded brass or bronze used for decorative purposes.

adj. Made from golden or gilded brass or bronze.

v. To decorate with gilded ormolu articles.

n. A variety of brass made to resemble gold by the use of less zinc and more copper in its composition than ordinary brass contains. Its golden color is often heightened by means of lacquer of some sort, or by use of acids. Called also mosaic gold.

n. Gold-leaf prepared for gildingbronze, brass, or the like.

n. Hence Gilded bronze prepared for metal mountings of elegant furniture and similar decorative purposes.

n. Fine brass, sometimes colored and treated with lacquer to give it brilliancy: used for imitation jewelry, chandeliers, and similar fine metal-work.

n. brass that looks like gold; used to decorate furniture

"He discussed woods with him -- rosewood, mahogany, walnut, English oak, bird's-eye maple, and the manufactured effects such as ormolu, marquetry, and Boule, or buhl."

brass   

mosaic gold   

marquetry    blick    sattin    upholstering    black-marble    spangle    magnesite    lodestone    dingier    buhl