Rating | Solver | Clue |
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GILT | Applied gold | |
VERMEIL | A liquid composition applied to a gilded surface to give luster to the gold. | |
PIECE | A coin; as, a sixpenny piece; -- formerly applied specifically to an English gold coin worth 22 shillings. | |
BROCADE | Silk stuff, woven with gold and silver threads, or ornamented with raised flowers, foliage, etc.; -- also applied to other stuffs thus wrought and enriched. | |
AMALGAMATION | The act or operation of compounding mercury with another metal; -- applied particularly to the process of separating gold and silver from their ores by mixing them with mercury. |