Hi, Alan,

I wasn't able to use  "releaf," which I've seen more commonly in the form "releafing," as in adding gold leaf to a previously gold-leafed object. 

Googling the word got me a lot of entries on herbal medicines for animals, but I did find some that covered the process too:

Framers Corner - Gold Leaf Gallery and Framing, DeLand, FL
At Gold Leaf Gallery, we are trained in conservation framing and use only state of ... Specializing in repair and releafing of antique frames and paper art ...
www.goldleafgalleryandframing.com/corner.html - Cached

The New Battle for Jerusalem :: Middle East Quarterly
by MJ Breger - 1994 - Cited by 3 - Related articles
... of his personal real estate in England in early 1994 to raise more than $8 million to pay for releafing the gold-covered roof of the Dome of the Rock. ...
www.meforum.org/article/204 - Cached

MICA POWDERS
shadowed or dark areas and releafing only the highlights. Matte gilding can sometimes be grainier than a. finely pigmented gold paint. ...
antiquerestorers.com/Articles/GOLD/mica_powders2.htm - Cached

POSTINGS - $12000 for 2700 Paper-Thin, 23 1/2-Karat, 3-by-5 ...
... using 2700 3- by 5-inch sheets of 23 1/2-carat West German gold worth $12000, ... The releafing is part of a larger renovation, which will cost about ...
www.nytimes.com/.../postings-12000-for-2700-paper-thin-23-1-2-karat-3-5-inchsheets-fifth-avenue-dome.html?...

I did see one entry using "releafed" as a past tense, so I think it's a regular verb.

Thanks for considering it.

Birdy

Admittedly, not one that comes tripping off the tongue, but "luft" is a term in chess - an empty space allowing the king space to move to avoid check.

hi - strange things happening!  I notice a message Roberts posted on the "Hello, RM" thread has ended up on Pat's "Puzzle Sound" thread.  Has the site been indulging in a little premature wassailing?

Wasn't allowed this word in Monday's game.

Here are a few examples of its use in literature:

 
1) Compleat Virtue. Part I. Penn, William. 1909-14. Fruits of Solitude. The Harvard Classics
...the Chain is defective. 1 443. Perhaps thou art rather Innocent than Virtuous, and owest more to thy Constitution, than thy Religion. 2 444. Innocent, is not to be...

2) 108. Eighteenth Sonnet. William Shakespeare. 1909-14. English Poetry I: From Chaucer to Gray. The Harvard Classics
...untrimm d. But thy eternal summer shall not fade, Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest; 10 Nor shall Death brag thou wanderest in his shade When in eternal...

3) XVI. 1909-14. The Gospel According to Luke. The Harvard Classics
...[5] And calling to him each one of his lord s debtors, he said to the first, How much owest thou unto my lord? [6] And he said, A hundred measures 1 of oil. And he...

4) 419. Hymn Before Sunrise, in the Vale of Chamouni. Samuel Taylor Coleridge. 1909-14. English Poetry II: From Collins to Fitzgerald. The Harvard Classics
...in her natural form, swelled vast to Heaven. Awake, my soul! not only passive praise Thou owest! not alone these swelling tears, 25 Mute thanks and secret ecstasy!...

5) Purgatory. Canto VIII. Dante Alighieri. 1909-14. The Divine Comedy. The Harvard Classics
...grace high God hath will d. Then turning round to me: By that rare mark Of honour, which thou owest to Him, who hides So deeply His first cause it hath no ford; When...

6) Act I. Scene IV. Shakespeare, William. 1909-14. The Tragedy of King Lear. The Harvard Classics
...60 Lear. Do. Fool. Mark it, nuncle: Have more than thou showest, Speak less than thou knowest, Lend less than thou owest, Ride more than thou goest, 10 Learn more...

7) The Fourth Book. IX. Which Treats of Many Rare Successes Befallen in the Inn. Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de. 1909-14. Don Quixote, Part 1. The Harvard Classics
...thou prayedst to mine integrity, and wast not ignorant of my quality; thou knowest also very well upon what terms I subjected myself to thy will, so as there remains...

The Third Book. VI. Of a Wonderful Adventure, Achieved with Less Hazard Than Ever Any Other Knight Did Any, by the Valorous Don Quixote of the Mancha. Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de. 1909-14. Don Quixote, Part 1. The Harvard Classics
...upon his nose, and from henceforth have more care of thy person, and of the respect thou owest to mine; for I see the overmuch familiarity that I use with thee hath...

I can't believe I'm the first one to notice this important event!  May the day be filled with everything you want it to be - especially the company of family and friends.

So how are you all celebrating across the pond?

May I be the first to offer you many happy returns of the day!  Will be busy running around tomorrow, so I wanted to make sure I got the felicitations in on time!

I'm not quibbling about the word itself, just whether it is common.

Alas, in this benighted uneducated world, the plurals of Latin words are usually Anglicized with an "s" or "es".  I don't think I''ve ever heard the word "fora" used.  I've always heard "forums".  Or does the legacy of a classical education linger on in the Olde Country and at least some of its former colonies?