Flatting

Definition:

  • (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.