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| has gloss | eng: Ormolu (from French or moulu, signifying gold ground or pounded) is an 18th-century English term for applying finely ground, high-karat gold in a mercury amalgam to an object of bronze. The mercury is driven off in a kiln. The French refer to this technique as bronze doré, in English gilt bronze. |
| lexicalization | eng: ormolu |
| instance of | (noun) a soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element; occurs mainly as nuggets in rocks and alluvial deposits; does not react with most chemicals but is attacked by chlorine and aqua regia gold, atomic number 79, Au |
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| lexicalization | fra: Or moulu |
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| media:img | Jean-Antoine Houdon - Summer (Musée Nissim de Camondo).JPG |
| media:img | Ormolu.jpg |
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