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Gild \Gild\ (g[i^]ld), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gilded} or {Gilt}
(?); p. pr. & vb. n. {Gilding}.] [AS. gyldan, from gold gold.
[root]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 \Gilt\, n. [See {Geld}, v. t.] (Zool.)
A female pig, when young.
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Gilt \Gilt\,
imp. & p. p. of {Gild}.
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Gilt \Gilt\, p. p. & a.
Gilded; covered with gold; of the color of gold; golden
yellow. "Gilt hair" --Chaucer.
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Gilt \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. Gilt-edge