arsedine

English

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑːɹsədin/, /ˈɑːɹsədaɪn/

Noun

arsedine (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) An imitation gold used in gilding.
   • 1596, Tho[mas] Nashe, “Dialogus”, in Haue with You to Saffron-Walden. Or, Gabriell Harveys Hunt is Up. […], London: […] John Danter, →OCLC; republished as J[ohn] P[ayne] C[ollier], editor, Have with You to Saffron-Walden (Miscellaneous Tracts; Temp. Eliz. and Jac. I), [London: s.n., 1870], →OCLC, page 44:

     O! it is divine and moſt admirable, and ſo farre beyond all that ever he publiſhed heretofore, as day-light beyond candle-light, or tinſell or leafe-gold above arſedine; […]

Anagrams

• areneids, arenides, arsenide, denaries, near side, near-side, nearside