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1. argentine, adj.1 and n.1 View full entry
...? Wrought silver, silver filagree....
2. argentry, n. View full entry 1642
...Silver plate, wrought silver. Obs. exc. fig....
3. beat, v.1 View full entry
...To inlay metal, to enchase, or emboss (obs.)....
4. beaten, adj. View full entry a1300
...Overlaid, inlaid, embossed, damascened with gold or other precious material; embroidered. Obs....
5. † beˈgrave, v. View full entry c1325
...To engrave; to ornament with graved work....
6. bent, adj. View full entry 1858
...In the names of articles, work, etc., in which the materials are bent to shape, as bent iron workbent-panel...
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. chasing, n.2 View full entry 1860
...concr. The figures or design chased on metal, etc. Also transf....
14. ciseleur, n. View full entry 1862
...One who carves metals, a chaser....
15. cornet, n.1 View full entry 1800
...Metalwork. In gold assaying: The small flat coil into which the gold-and-silver alloy is rolled after the process of cupelling, preparatory to its being boiled in nitric acid to free it...
16. cropping, n. View full entry 1904
...Metal-working. The operation of cutting off the ends of an ingot, bar, etc., to remove the pipe and other defects (see also quot. 1904)....
17. cut-card in cut, adj. View full entry 1920
...applied to a type of relief decoration on silverware, etc., in which a thin sheet of metal is cut ornamentally and soldered to the surface....
18. 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....
19. Damascene, adj. and n. View full entry 1541
...Of or pertaining to damask, (fabrics), or to the art of damascening metal; as damascene work....
20. Damascene, adj. and n. View full entry 1481-90
...Damascene work; formerly applied to damask....
