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Gild (gĭld), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gilded or Gilt (>); p. pr. & vb. n. Gilding.] [AS. gyldan, from gold gold. √234. See Gold.]
1. To overlay with a thin covering of gold; to cover with a golden color; to cause to look like gold. “Gilded chariots.” Pope.
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No more the rising sun shall gild the morn. Pope.
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2. To make attractive; to adorn; to brighten.
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Let oft good humor, mild and gay,
Gild the calm evening of your day. Trumbull.
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3. To give a fair but deceptive outward appearance to; to embellish; as, “to gild a lie”. Shak.
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4. To make red with drinking. [Obs.]
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This grand liquior that hath gilded them. Shak.
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Gilt (?), n. [See Geld, v. t.] (Zool.) A female pig, when young.
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Gilt, imp. & p. p. of Gild.
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Gilt, p. p. & a. Gilded; covered with gold; of the color of gold; golden yellow. “Gilt hair” Chaucer.
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Gilt, n.
1. Gold, or that which resembles gold, laid on the surface of a thing; gilding. Shak.
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2. Money. [Obs.] “The gilt of France.” Shak.