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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

GILT, pp. of gild. Overlaid with gold leaf, or washed with gold; illuminated; adorned.
GILT, n. Gold laid on the surface of a thing; gilding.
1. In England, a young female pig.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: having the deep slightly brownish color of gold; "long aureate (or golden) hair"; "a gold carpet" [syn: aureate, gilded, gilt, gold, golden] n
1: a coating of gold or of something that looks like gold [syn: gilt, gilding]

Merriam Webster's

I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from past participle of gilden to gild Date: 14th century covered with gold or gilt ; of the color of gold II. noun Date: 15th century 1. gold or something that resembles gold laid on a surface 2. slang money 3. superficial brilliance 4. a bond issued by the government of the United Kingdom III. noun Etymology: Middle English gylte, from Old Norse gyltr; akin to Old English gelde sterile — more at geld Date: 14th century a young female swine

Oxford Reference Dictionary

1. adj. & n. --adj. 1 covered thinly with gold. 2 gold-coloured. --n. 1 gold or a goldlike substance applied in a thin layer to a surface. 2 (often in pl.) a gilt-edged security. Phrases and idioms: gilt-edged 1 (of securities, stocks, etc.) having a high degree of reliability as an investment. 2 having a gilded edge. Etymology: past part. of GILD(1) 2. n. a young unbred sow. Etymology: ME f. ON gyltr

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Gilt Gilt, n. [See Geld, v. t.] (Zo["o]l.) A female pig, when young.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Gilt Gilt, imp. & p. p. of Gild.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Gilt Gilt, p. p. & a. Gilded; covered with gold; of the color of gold; golden yellow. ``Gilt hair'' --Chaucer.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Gilt Gilt, n. 1. Gold, or that which resembles gold, laid on the surface of a thing; gilding. --Shak. 2. Money. [Obs.] ``The gilt of France.'' --Shak.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(gilts) 1. A gilt object is covered with a thin layer of gold or gold paint. ...marble columns and gilt spires. ADJ: usu ADJ n 2. Gilts are gilt-edged stocks or securities. (BRIT BUSINESS) N-COUNT

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