GILDING

gilt, gilding

(noun) a coating of gold or of something that looks like gold

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Verb

gilding

present participle of gild

Noun

gilding (countable and uncountable, plural gildings)

(uncountable) The art of applying gold leaf to a surface.

(uncountable) Gold leaf.

(countable) A coating of gold or gold-coloured paint, etc.

Anagrams

• gliding

Source: Wiktionary

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Gild"ing, n.

1. The art or practice of overlaying or covering with gold leaf; also, a thin coating or wash of gold, or of that which resembles gold.

2. Gold in leaf, powder, or liquid, for application to any surface.

3. Any superficial coating or appearance, as opposed to what is solid and genuine. Gilding metal, a tough kind of sheet brass from which cartridge shells are made.

GILD

Gild, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gilded or Gilt (p. pr. & vb. n. Gilding.] Etym: [AS. gyldan, from gold gold. sq. root234. 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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