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| − | 1) A very thin sheet of metal. Some metals, such as [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=gold | + | 1) A very thin sheet of metal. Some metals, such as [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=gold%20leaf gold], [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=silver%20leaf silver], [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=palladium%20leaf palladium], [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=platinum%20leaf platinum], [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=aluminum%20leaf aluminum], [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=tin%20leaf tin] and [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=Dutch%20metal Dutch metal] (brass) are ductile enough to be beaten or rolled into very thin sheets for use in gilding. |
2) One sheet of paper in a book. | 2) One sheet of paper in a book. | ||
Revision as of 06:38, 24 July 2013
Description
1) A very thin sheet of metal. Some metals, such as gold, silver, palladium, platinum, aluminum, tin and Dutch metal (brass) are ductile enough to be beaten or rolled into very thin sheets for use in gilding.
2) One sheet of paper in a book.
Synonyms and Related Terms
feuille (Fr.); Blattmetall (Deut.); hoja (Esp.); blad (Ned.); folha (Port.)