Definition of gild

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Gild (v. t.) To give a fair but deceptive outward appearance to; to embellish; as, to gild a lie..

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Gilt :: Gilt (p. p. & a.) Gilded; covered with gold; of the color of gold; golden yellow.
Tarnish :: Tarnish (v. i.) To lose luster; to become dull; as, gilding will tarnish in a foul air..
Checklaton :: Checklaton (n.) Gilded leather.
Inaurate :: Inaurate (a.) Covered with gold; gilded.
Deaden :: Deaden (a.) To deprive of gloss or brilliancy; to obscure; as, to deaden gilding by a coat of size..
Deaurate :: Deaurate (v. t.) To gild.
Flatting :: Flatting (n.) A method of preserving gilding unburnished, by touching with size..
Gouge :: Gouge (n.) A bookbinder's tool for blind tooling or gilding, having a face which forms a curve..
Size :: Size (v. i.) Any viscous substance, as gilder's varnish..
Gildale :: Gildale (v. t.) A drinking bout in which every one pays an equal share.
Gild :: Gild (v. t.) To overlay with a thin covering of gold; to cover with a golden color; to cause to look like gold.
Deaurate :: Deaurate (a.) Gilded.
Gold-beaten :: Gold-beaten (a.) Gilded.
Were :: Were (n.) A fine for slaying a man; the money value set upon a man's life; weregild.
Engild :: Engild (v. t.) To gild; to make splendent.
Matting :: Matting (n.) A dull, lusterless surface in certain of the arts, as gilding, metal work, glassmaking, etc..
Begilded :: Begilded (imp. & p. p.) of Begil.
Gild :: Gild (v. t.) To give a fair but deceptive outward appearance to; to embellish; as, to gild a lie..
Aureate :: Aureate (a.) Golden; gilded.
Gild :: Gild (v. t.) To make red with drinking.
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