flatting

1. p. pr. & vb. n. of Flat Source: opted

2. n. The process or operation of making flat, as a cylinder of glass by opening it out. Source: opted

3. n. A mode of painting,in which the paint, being mixed with turpentine, leaves the work without gloss. Source: opted

4. n. A method of preserving gilding unburnished, by touching with size. Source: opted

5. n. The process of forming metal into sheets by passing it between rolls. Source: opted

6. 1. The process or operation of making flat, as a cylinder of glass by opening it out. 2. A mode of painting,in which the paint, being mixed with turpentine, leaves the work without gloss. Gwilt. 3. A method of preserving gilding unburnished, by touching with size. Knolles. 4. The process of forming metal into sheets by passing it between rolls. Flatting coat, a coat of paint so put on as to have no gloss. -- Flatting furnace. Same as Flattening oven, under Flatten. -- Flatting mill. (a) A rolling mill producing sheet metal; esp., in mints, the ribbon from which the planchets are punched. (b) A mill in which grains of metal are flatted by steel rolls, and reduced to metallic dust, used for purposes of ornamentation. Source: webster

7. p. pr. & vb. n. of Flat n. The process or operation of making flat, as a cylinder of glass by opening it out. n. A mode of painting,in which the paint, being mixed with turpentine, leaves the work without gloss. n. A method of preserving gilding unburnished, by touching with size. n. The process of forming metal into sheets by passing it between rolls. Source: ecdict

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