Gold of pleasure. [Name perhaps translated from Sp. oro-de-alegria.]

(Bot.) A plant of the genus Camelina, bearing yellow flowers. C. sativa is sometimes cultivated for the oil of its seeds.

Gold shell.
   (a) A composition of powdered gold or gold leaf, ground up with gum water and spread on shells, for artists' use; -- called also gold paint.
   (b) (Zo["o]l.) A bivalve shell (Anomia glabra) of the Atlantic coast; -- called also jingle shell and silver shell. See Anomia.

Gold size, a composition used in applying gold leaf.

Gold solder, a kind of solder, often containing twelve parts of gold, two of silver, and four of copper.

Gold stick, the colonel of a regiment of English lifeguards, who attends his sovereign on state occasions; -- so called from the gilt rod presented to him by the sovereign when he receives his commission as colonel of the regiment. [Eng.]

Gold thread.
   (a) A thread formed by twisting flatted gold over a thread of silk, with a wheel and iron bobbins; spun gold. --Ure.
   (b) (Bot.) A small evergreen plant (Coptis trifolia), so called from its fibrous yellow roots. It is common in marshy places in the United States.

Gold tissue, a tissue fabric interwoven with gold thread.

Gold tooling, the fixing of gold leaf by a hot tool upon book covers, or the ornamental impression so made.

Gold washings, places where gold found in gravel is separated from lighter material by washing.

Gold worm, a glowworm. [Obs.]

Jeweler's gold, an alloy containing three parts of gold to one of copper.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)