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English Dictionary: gilt	by the DICT Development Group
6 results for gilt
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gilt adj having the deep slightly brownish color of gold; "long aureate (or golden) hair"; "a gold carpet" Synonym(s): aureate, gilded, gilt, gold, golden n a coating of gold or of something that looks like gold Synonym(s): gilt, gilding
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gilt \Gilt\, n. 1. Gold, or that which resembles gold, laid on the surface of a thing; gilding. --Shak. 2. Money. [Obs.] [bd]The gilt of France.[b8] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gilt \Gilt\, n. [See {Geld}, v. t.] (Zo[94]l.) A female pig, when young.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gilt \Gilt\, imp. & p. p. of {Gild}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gilt \Gilt\, p. p. & a. Gilded; covered with gold; of the color of gold; golden yellow. [bd]Gilt hair[b8] --Chaucer.