gold leaf

[Eng. gold, and leaf.] Fine gold beaten into thin leaves. A small percentage of silver and copper is added to the gold for beating, about 11⁄2 per cent. of alloy. The ingot is rolled into a ribbon by repeated pa age between rollers, and this ribbon has a thickne of son of an inch, a surface of five hundred square inches to an ounce of gold. It is then cut into pieces of about an inch "I promised your presence and the chain, But neither chain nor goldsmith came to me." Shakesp.: Comedy of Errors, iv. 1. goldsmith-beetle, s. smith's work. occasions. boil, boy; pout, jowl; cat, cell, chorus, chin, bench; go, gem; thin, this; Golias 1. A game extensively played in Scotland, and of late years introduced into this country. It is played with club-headed sticks and very hard small balls, on a large common or down, technically called links, in which small holes have been made at distances of from 100 to 500 yards apart, according to the extent of the ground. The game, which may be played by two persons, or by four (two against two), consists in driving the ball into each of the holes in succe ion in as few strokes as po ible; the side making the round, that is, placing his or their ball in each hole succe ively in the fewest strokes, winning the game. "That the futball and golf be vtterly cry it downe, and not to be vsit." -Act Jas . II . (1457), c. 71. *2. A blow, a stroke. 'She lends me a gouf , and tells me I'm douf, I'll never be like her last goodman." A. Nicol: Poems (1739), p. 53. golf-club, s. 1. The club used in playing golf. There are various sorts, according to the purpose for which they are intended; as, the driver, the putter, the spoon, . 2. A club or a ociation formed for the practice and promotion of golfing. *golfe, *goulfe, s. [Icel. golf ; Dut. gulv .] A mow, stack, or heap of hay, corn, . " Golfe of corne. Arch onium."-Prompt. Parv. golf-er, *gow-fer, s. [Eng. golf ; -er.] A player at golf. "Driving their baws frae whin or tee, There's no nae goufer to be seen." Ramsay : Poems , ii. 205.