wash gilding (woshgilding)

Gilding by means of an amalgam of gold from which the mercury is afterward driven off by heat. Also called mercurial gilding, and water - gilding, in allusion to the semi-liquid character of the amalgam. wash-gravel (wosh'gravel), n. Same as wash dirt. wash-hand basin (wosh'hand ba"sn), n. Same as wash - bowl. wash-hand stand (wosh'hand stand), n. Same see sodium carbonate, under sodium. washing-drum (woshing-drum), m. In mining, same as washing - trommel.