| GOLDLEAF | Thin metal for gilding |
| SPINDLE | A long thin metal for twisting and holding the spun thread in spinning |
| ORMOLU | Gold or gold leaf used for gilding brass, bronze or other metal (6) |
| LEAF | Gold hammered into thin sheets used for gilding picture frames, paintings, decorative architectural elements, gourmet chocolates and leather-bound books (4) |
| GESSO | From Italian for "chalk, gypsum", a white preparation used as a ground for gilding or painting on wood panels (5) |
| TAMBAC | An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding. |
| TOMBAC | An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding. |
| EDGE | Years ago, actual gold leaf was* used for gilding the ___ of the pages of a treasured 7A |
| SAW | Tool for cutting solid materials to prescribed lengths or shapes. Most take the form of a thin metal strip with teeth on one edge or a thin metal disk with teeth on the periphery. Usually the teeth ar |
| TINFOIL | Thin metal sheet for wrapping food etc (7) |
| FOIL | Thin metal used for fencing (4) |
| BOLE | An arborous trunk; reddish clay, ground for oil painting or gilding; or, a recess in a wall, for a bee skep (4) |
| GLAIR | From "clear", an old word for egg white; or, said albumen prepared as an adhesive for bookbinding or gilding (5) |
| GOLD | A metal used in gilding (4) |
| HOES | Large-handled tools with thin metal blades for cutting weeds (4) |
| TINWHISTLE | This flute-like instrument made from a thin metal tube is almost an essential for Irish traditional |
| CLOISONNE | Ancient technique for decorating metalwork in which enamel, glass or gemstones are separated by thin metal strips (9) |
| PETAL | From "thin metal plate" and "leaf", a word for a lamina of a bloom's corolla, used as a term of endearment (0-5) |
| BRACT | A botanical word, stemming from the Latin root "thin metal lamina, gold-leaf", for a small modified folio (5) |
| PATENS | Thin metal disks |
