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Gilt

//ɡɪlt// adj, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Golden coloured; gilded.

    "The Jones man was looking at her hard. Now he reached into the hatch of his vest and fetched out a couple of cigars, everlasting big ones, with gilt bands on them."

Adjective
  1. 1
    having the deep slightly brownish color of gold wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    Gold or other metal in a thin layer; gilding. uncountable, usually
  2. 2
    A young female pig, at or nearing the age of first breeding. UK, regional
  3. 3
    Acronym of globalization, internationalization, localization, and translation abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable

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  4. 4
    a coating of gold or of something that looks like gold wordnet
  5. 5
    Gold or other metal in a thin layer; gilding.; Gold-colored paint or other coating. broadly, uncountable, usually
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  1. 6
    Money. slang, uncountable, usually

    "three corrupted men […] Have, for the gilt of France,—O guilt indeed!— Confirm'd conspiracy with fearful France"

  2. 7
    A security (usually a bond) issued by the Bank of England (see gilt-edged). UK, countable, usually

    "higher gilt yields"

  3. 8
    A gilded object, an object covered with gold. obsolete, uncountable, usually

    "The parysh of Seint Powle in Norwiche. Thomas Blocke, George Wylson, Churchwardens. Have sold in plate, gylte and parcell gylte, to the summe of iiij ownce, every ownce at the price of iiijs. viijd."

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of gild form-of, participle, past

    "The sun was rising; it gilt the hill tops and gradually threw its lustre over the dark pine forests on the mountain slopes."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Formed in English from the verb gild (“to cover in gold”). Compare gold and German Geld.

Etymology 2

Formed in English from the verb gild (“to cover in gold”). Compare gold and German Geld.

Etymology 3

Formed in English from the verb gild (“to cover in gold”). Compare gold and German Geld.

Etymology 4

From Middle English gilt, gylt, from Old Norse gyltr; compare geld and yelt.

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