n. A method of preserving unburnished gilding, by touching it with size; also, the coating of size laid over the gilding.n. A mode of house-painting in which the paint, from mixture with turpentine, leaves the work flat or without gloss.n. The rolling out of metal into sheets by the pressure of rolls or cylinders.n. In leather manufacturing, a method of dressing shaved hides.n. In sheet-glass manuf., the operation of flattening.n. In music, the act of depressing a tone below a true or given pitch.