oil gilding (oil gilding)

A proce of gilding in which the gold-leaf is laid on a surface prepared by a coat of size made of boiled lin seed-oil and chrome-yellow and applied with brush. When the oil has dried to a point where it is only slightly tacky, the leaf is applied. The chrome vel low is added so that the gold may appear more brilliant, by reason of the yellow showing through. oil-gland (oil'gland), n. In ornith ., the uropygial gland of birds, which secretes the oil with which they preen and dre their plumage; the elœæodochon. It is a highly developed and specialized sebaceous follicle, present in the great majority of birds. See cut under elæodochon. oil-green (oil'grēn), n. A color between green and yellow, of intense chroma but quite moderate luminosity.