GILTS

Noun

gilts

plural of gilt

Anagrams

• glist

Source: Wiktionary


GILT

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

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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