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Meaning of WATER GILDING

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Wa"ter gild"ing\
The act, or the process, of gilding metallic surfaces by
covering them with a thin coating of amalgam of gold, and
then volatilizing the mercury by heat; -- called also {wash
gilding}.
 
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