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Gold \Gold\ (g[=o]ld), n. [AS. gold; akin to D. goud, OS. & G. gold, Icel. gull, Sw. & Dan. guld, Goth. gul[thorn], Russ. & OSlav. zlato; prob. akin to E. yellow. [root]49, 234. See Yellow, and cf. Gild, v. t.]

  1. (Chem.) A metallic element of atomic number 79, constituting the most precious metal used as a common commercial medium of exchange. It has a characteristic yellow color, is one of the heaviest substances known (specific gravity 19.32), is soft, and very malleable and ductile. It is quite unalterable by heat (melting point 1064.4[deg] C), moisture, and most corrosive agents, and therefore well suited for its use in coin and jewelry. Symbol Au ( Aurum). Atomic weight 196.97.

    Note: Native gold contains usually eight to ten per cent of silver, but often much more. As the amount of silver increases, the color becomes whiter and the specific gravity lower. Gold is very widely disseminated, as in the sands of many rivers, but in very small quantity. It usually occurs in quartz veins (gold quartz), in slate and metamorphic rocks, or in sand and alluvial soil, resulting from the disintegration of such rocks. It also occurs associated with other metallic substances, as in auriferous pyrites, and is combined with tellurium in the minerals petzite, calaverite, sylvanite, etc. Pure gold is too soft for ordinary use, and is hardened by alloying with silver and copper, the latter giving a characteristic reddish tinge. [See Carat.] Gold also finds use in gold foil, in the pigment purple of Cassius, and in the chloride, which is used as a toning agent in photography.

  2. Money; riches; wealth.

    For me, the gold of France did not seduce.
    --Shak.

  3. A yellow color, like that of the metal; as, a flower tipped with gold.

  4. Figuratively, something precious or pure; as, hearts of gold. --Shak. Age of gold. See Golden age, under Golden. Dutch gold, Fool's gold, Gold dust, etc. See under Dutch, Dust, etc. Gold amalgam, a mineral, found in Columbia and California, composed of gold and mercury. Gold beater, one whose occupation is to beat gold into gold leaf. Gold beater's skin, the prepared outside membrane of the large intestine of the ox, used for separating the leaves of metal during the process of gold-beating. Gold beetle (Zo["o]l.), any small gold-colored beetle of the family Chrysomelid[ae]; -- called also golden beetle. Gold blocking, printing with gold leaf, as upon a book cover, by means of an engraved block. --Knight. Gold cloth. See Cloth of gold, under Cloth. Gold Coast, a part of the coast of Guinea, in West Africa. Gold cradle. (Mining) See Cradle, n., 7. Gold diggings, the places, or region, where gold is found by digging in sand and gravel from which it is separated by washing. Gold end, a fragment of broken gold or jewelry. Gold-end man.

    1. A buyer of old gold or jewelry.

    2. A goldsmith's apprentice.

    3. An itinerant jeweler. ``I know him not: he looks like a gold-end man.'' --B. Jonson. Gold fever, a popular mania for gold hunting. Gold field, a region in which are deposits of gold. Gold finder.

      1. One who finds gold.

      2. One who empties privies. [Obs. & Low]
        --Swift.

        Gold flower, a composite plant with dry and persistent yellow radiating involucral scales, the Helichrysum St[oe]chas of Southern Europe. There are many South African species of the same genus.

        Gold foil, thin sheets of gold, as used by dentists and others. See Gold leaf.

        Gold knobs or Gold knoppes (Bot.), buttercups.

        Gold lace, a kind of lace, made of gold thread.

        Gold latten, a thin plate of gold or gilded metal.

        Gold leaf, gold beaten into a film of extreme thinness, and used for gilding, etc. It is much thinner than gold foil.

        Gold lode (Mining), a gold vein.

        Gold mine, a place where gold is obtained by mining operations, as distinguished from diggings, where it is extracted by washing. Cf. Gold diggings (above).

        Gold nugget, a lump of gold as found in gold mining or digging; -- called also a pepito.

        Gold paint. See Gold shell.

        Gold pheasant, or Golden pheasant. (Zo["o]l.) See under Pheasant.

        Gold plate, a general name for vessels, dishes, cups, spoons, etc., made of gold.

        Mosaic gold. See under Mosaic.

Aurum

Aurum \Au"rum\, n. [L.] Gold.

Aurum fulminans (?). See Fulminate.

Aurum mosaicum (?). See Mosaic.

Wiktionary
aurum

n. a sweet Italian liqueur, having a golden yellow colour, manufactured from brandy, oranges and saffron

Wikipedia
Aurum

Aurum may refer to:

  • Aurum, the Latin word for gold
  • Aurum (liqueur), sweet Italian liqueur
  • Aurum City, California
  • Aurum Geyser, in the Upper Geyser Basin of Yellowstone
  • Aurum Press
  • Aurum (album), album by Closterkeller
  • Aurum, Nevada, ghost town
  • Aurums, an alien race in the video game Kid Icarus: Uprising
Aurum (liqueur)

Aurum is a sweet Italian liqueur produced in Pescara since 1925. It is 40% alcohol by volume and it is made from brandy and citrus fruit infusion. It goes well with sweets, especially with parrozzo, another specialty of Pescara. Other than as a drink, it is often used as a cake ingredient or as an addition to ice-cream.

The name of this liqueur was chosen by Amedeo Pomilio, the founder of the Aurum factory, upon suggestion by the poet and writer Gabriele D'Annunzio, with a reference to the ancient Roman origins of the recipe. The name derives from the pun between the Latin words aurum, which means gold, and aurantium, which means orange (fruit).

Aurum (album)

Aurum is the eight studio album by Polish gothic rock band Closterkeller. It was released on October 2, 2009 in Poland through Universal Music Polska. The album was recorded on June 23-September 10, 2009 at Izabelin Studio, Izabelin. The cover art was created by Albert Bonarski and fotos by Wojciech Wojtczak.

Usage examples of "aurum".

Lady from Skye rode through the gates of Gloinmere to marry Regis Aurum, King of Yves, an old woman in her retinue caught the eye of Cyan Dag as he stood in welcome with the knights of Gloinmere.

I never thought I would be standing here beside Regis Aurum on the day before our wedding, wondering what you all must think of this woman from the unpredictable west about to be called queen.

Regis, his voice sending pigeons in the high windows flying, proclaimed the marriage of Lady Gwynne of Skye to the House of Aurum and the land of Yves in that hall, at that hour the next day, and let no one be a moment later.

Regis Aurum and the Lady from Skye pledged their lives to one another.

He had been to Gloinmere once, years earlier, to see Regis Aurum crowned King of Yves and the North Islands and the peculiar land of Skye.

If you make it back to Gloinmere alive, remind Regis Aurum that Ysse once ruled the North Islands, and we will, with that tower and the dragon who guards it, rule again.

Regis Aurum, who seems to have made himself my son by marriage, let me offer you a few things to help you on your way.

Only his eyes, the color of cold, tempered metal and the gold towers that linked him to Regis Aurum remained.

I wanted you to burn a path for the army of Ysse and the North Islands to march south down Yves to Gloinmere, to strike at Regis Aurum where he rules.

If you fail in Gloinmere, Regis Aurum will send his army here and the only thing left alive when they finish with the North Islands will be the sand crabs.

He raised the staff, the eye in the bole glittering at Regis Aurum, holding him motionless, transfixed, while Thayne poured what thoughts he had left into the bole until he could see Regis through all its power and its eye.

Men are not born to be Ambassadors: And, accordingly, we are told of a very Eminent Antiquary who has thought fit to give his Labours in this kind the Title of Aurum, ex Stercore.

They are for unhappy people, like me, who must learn to distil by learned patience the aurum potabile from the husks of life, the peace which happier mortals find lying like manna each morn upon the meadows.

I had never seen any Italian drink other than Vermouth displayed in shop windows and yet thousands of men had come back talking of Strega and Marsala, Lacrima Cristi and Frascati and Aurum.

Neve aurum addito ast quoi aura dentes vincti erunt im cum illo sepelire & urere, se fraude esto.