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Gold lace
(gcide) | Gold \Gold\ (g[=o]ld), n. [AS. gold; akin to D. goud, OS. & G.
gold, Icel. gull, Sw. & Dan. guld, Goth. gul[thorn], Russ. &
OSlav. zlato; prob. akin to E. yellow. [root]49, 234. See
Yellow, and cf. Gild, v. t.]
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1. (Chem.) A metallic element of atomic number 79,
constituting the most precious metal used as a common
commercial medium of exchange. It has a characteristic
yellow color, is one of the heaviest substances known
(specific gravity 19.32), is soft, and very malleable and
ductile. It is quite unalterable by heat (melting point
1064.4[deg] C), moisture, and most corrosive agents, and
therefore well suited for its use in coin and jewelry.
Symbol Au (Aurum). Atomic weight 196.97.
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Note: Native gold contains usually eight to ten per cent of
silver, but often much more. As the amount of silver
increases, the color becomes whiter and the specific
gravity lower. Gold is very widely disseminated, as in
the sands of many rivers, but in very small quantity.
It usually occurs in quartz veins (gold quartz), in
slate and metamorphic rocks, or in sand and alluvial
soil, resulting from the disintegration of such rocks.
It also occurs associated with other metallic
substances, as in auriferous pyrites, and is combined
with tellurium in the minerals petzite, calaverite,
sylvanite, etc. Pure gold is too soft for ordinary use,
and is hardened by alloying with silver and copper, the
latter giving a characteristic reddish tinge. [See
Carat.] Gold also finds use in gold foil, in the
pigment purple of Cassius, and in the chloride, which
is used as a toning agent in photography.
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2. Money; riches; wealth.
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For me, the gold of France did not seduce. --Shak.
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3. A yellow color, like that of the metal; as, a flower
tipped with gold.
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4. Figuratively, something precious or pure; as, hearts of
gold. --Shak.
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Age of gold. See Golden age, under Golden.
Dutch gold, Fool's gold, Gold dust, etc. See under
Dutch, Dust, etc.
Gold amalgam, a mineral, found in Columbia and California,
composed of gold and mercury.
Gold beater, one whose occupation is to beat gold into gold
leaf.
Gold beater's skin, the prepared outside membrane of the
large intestine of the ox, used for separating the leaves
of metal during the process of gold-beating.
Gold beetle (Zool.), any small gold-colored beetle of the
family Chrysomelid[ae]; -- called also golden beetle.
Gold blocking, printing with gold leaf, as upon a book
cover, by means of an engraved block. --Knight.
Gold cloth. See Cloth of gold, under Cloth.
Gold Coast, a part of the coast of Guinea, in West Africa.
Gold cradle. (Mining) See Cradle, n., 7.
Gold diggings, the places, or region, where gold is found
by digging in sand and gravel from which it is separated
by washing.
Gold end, a fragment of broken gold or jewelry.
Gold-end man.
(a) A buyer of old gold or jewelry.
(b) A goldsmith's apprentice.
(c) An itinerant jeweler. "I know him not: he looks like a
gold-end man." --B. Jonson.
Gold fever, a popular mania for gold hunting.
Gold field, a region in which are deposits of gold.
Gold finder.
(a) One who finds gold.
(b) One who empties privies. [Obs. & Low] --Swift.
Gold flower, a composite plant with dry and persistent
yellow radiating involucral scales, the {Helichrysum
St[oe]chas} of Southern Europe. There are many South
African species of the same genus.
Gold foil, thin sheets of gold, as used by dentists and
others. See Gold leaf.
Gold knobs or Gold knoppes (Bot.), buttercups.
Gold lace, a kind of lace, made of gold thread.
Gold latten, a thin plate of gold or gilded metal.
Gold leaf, gold beaten into a film of extreme thinness, and
used for gilding, etc. It is much thinner than gold foil.
Gold lode (Mining), a gold vein.
Gold mine, a place where gold is obtained by mining
operations, as distinguished from diggings, where it is
extracted by washing. Cf. Gold diggings (above).
Gold nugget, a lump of gold as found in gold mining or
digging; -- called also a pepito.
Gold paint. See Gold shell.
Gold pheasant, or Golden pheasant. (Zool.) See under
Pheasant.
Gold plate, a general name for vessels, dishes, cups,
spoons, etc., made of gold.
Mosaic gold. See under Mosaic.
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Gold lace
(gcide) | Lace \Lace\ (l[=a]s), n. [OE. las, OF. laz, F. lacs, dim. lacet,
fr. L. laqueus noose, snare; prob. akin to lacere to entice.
Cf. Delight, Elicit, Lasso, Latchet.]
1. That which binds or holds, especially by being interwoven;
a string, cord, or band, usually one passing through
eyelet or other holes, and used in drawing and holding
together parts of a garment, of a shoe, of a machine belt,
etc.
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His hat hung at his back down by a lace. --Chaucer.
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For striving more, the more in laces strong
Himself he tied. --Spenser.
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2. A snare or gin, especially one made of interwoven cords; a
net. [Obs.] --Fairfax.
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Vulcanus had caught thee [Venus] in his lace.
--Chaucer.
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3. A fabric of fine threads of linen, silk, cotton, etc.,
often ornamented with figures; a delicate tissue of
thread, much worn as an ornament of dress.
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Our English dames are much given to the wearing of
costly laces. --Bacon.
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4. Spirits added to coffee or some other beverage. [Old
Slang] --Addison.
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Alen[,c]on lace, a kind of point lace, entirely of
needlework, first made at Alen[,c]on in France, in the
17th century. It is very durable and of great beauty and
cost.
Bone lace, Brussels lace, etc. See under Bone,
Brussels, etc.
Gold lace, or Silver lace, lace having warp threads of
silk, or silk and cotton, and a weft of silk threads
covered with gold (or silver), or with gilt.
Lace leather, thin, oil-tanned leather suitable for cutting
into lacings for machine belts.
Lace lizard (Zool.), a large, aquatic, Australian lizard
(Hydrosaurus giganteus), allied to the monitors.
Lace paper, paper with an openwork design in imitation of
lace.
Lace piece (Shipbuilding), the main piece of timber which
supports the beak or head projecting beyond the stem of a
ship.
Lace pillow, and Pillow lace. See under Pillow.
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