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1. argentine, adj.1 and n.1 View full entry 1572
...Of, made of, or containing silver....
2. argentry, n. View full entry 1642
...Silver plate, wrought silver. Obs. exc. fig....
3. beat, v.1 View full entry c885
...trans. To strike with repeated blows. to beat the breast: i.e. in sign of sorrow....
4. beaten, adj. View full entry a1300
...Struck with repeated blows....
5. † beˈgrave, v. View full entry OE
...trans. To bury (a corpse, treasure, etc.)....
6. bent, adj. View full entry c1330
...Constrained into a curve, as a strung bow; curved, crooked, deflected from the straight line....
7. chape, n. View full entry 1395
...A plate of metal with which anything is covered, overlaid, or ornamented. Obs....
8. chase, v.2 View full entry 1438
...trans. To adorn (metal, plate, etc.) with work embossed or engraved in relief; to engrave a surface. See also chased...
9. chased, adj.2 View full entry 1438
...Of plate, etc.: Ornamented with embossed work, engraved in relief....
10. chaser, n.2 View full entry 1707
...One who chases or engraves metal....
11. chase-work, n. View full entry 1687
...Chased work (chased)....
12. chasing, n.2 View full entry 1833
...The action or art of embossing or engraving in relief; also attrib., as in chasing-chisel, chasing-hammer....
13. ciseleur, n. View full entry 1862
...One who carves metals, a chaser....
14. cornet, n.1 View full entry a1400
...A wind-instrument:...
15. cropping, n. View full entry 1616
...The action of polling or pruning; the gathering of the crop, etc....
16. cut, adj. View full entry c1380
...Gashed or wounded with a sharp-edged instrument; having an incision made in it....
17. cutch, n.2 View full entry 1879
...A pile of vellum (or parchment paper) leaves, between which laminæ of gold-leaf are placed to be beaten....
18. Damascene, adj. and n. View full entry c1384
...Of or pertaining to the city of Damascus....
19. damascene, v. View full entry 1585
...trans....
20. damascened, adj. View full entry 1862
...Of steel and other metal-work:...
