gilded : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: gilded	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for gilded
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gilded adj having the deep slightly brownish color of gold; "long aureate (or golden) hair"; "a gold carpet" Synonym(s): aureate, gilded, gilt, gold, golden based on pretense; deceptively pleasing; "the gilded and perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility"; "meretricious praise"; "a meretricious argument" Synonym(s): gilded, meretricious, specious rich and superior in quality; "a princely sum"; "gilded dining rooms" Synonym(s): deluxe, gilded, grand, luxurious, opulent, princely, sumptuous made from or covered with gold; "gold coins"; "the gold dome of the Capitol"; "the golden calf"; "gilded icons" Synonym(s): gold, golden, gilded
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gild \Gild\, 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. [bd]Gilded chariots.[b8] --Pope. No more the rising sun shall gild the morn. --Pope. 2. To make attractive; to adorn; to brighten. Let oft good humor, mild and gay, Gild the calm evening of your day. --Trumbull. 3. To give a fair but deceptive outward appearance to; to embellish; as, to gild a lie. --Shak. 4. To make red with drinking. [Obs.] This grand liquior that hath gilded them. --Shak.