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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. ``Gilded
chariots.'' --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 WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
gilding
n : a coating of gold or of something that looks like gold [syn:
{gilt}]
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