aureate, gilded, gilt, gold, golden
(adjective) having the deep slightly brownish color of gold; “long aureate (or golden) hair”; “a gold carpet”
gilt, gilding
(noun) a coating of gold or of something that looks like gold
gild, begild, engild
(verb) decorate with, or as if with, gold leaf or liquid gold
Source: WordNet® 3.1
gilt (usually uncountable, plural gilts)
(uncountable) Gold or other metal in a thin layer; gilding.
(uncountable, by extension) Gold-colored paint or other coating.
(uncountable, slang) Money.
(countable, finance) A security issued by the Bank of England (see gilt-edged)
(obsolete, uncountable) A gilded object, an object covered with gold.
gilt (comparative more gilt, superlative most gilt)
Golden coloured.
gilt
simple past tense and past participle of gild
See geld.
gilt (plural gilts)
A young female pig, at or nearing the age of first breeding.
Source: Wiktionary
Gilt, n. Etym: [See Geld, v. t.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: A female pig, when young.
Gilt,
Definition: imp. & p. p. of Gild.
Gilt, p. p. & a.
Definition: Gilded; covered with gold; of the color of gold; golden yellow. "Gilt hair" Chaucer.
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.
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
23 December 2024
(noun) Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit
According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee press is 230 cm (7 ft 6 in) in height and 72 cm (2 ft 4 in) in diameter and was created by Salzillo Tea and Coffee (Spain) in Murcia, Spain, in February 2007. The cafetière consists of a stainless steel container, a filtering piston, and a superior lid.
