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Engild :: Engild (v. t.) To gild; to make splendent.

Gilder :: Gilder (n.) One who gilds; one whose occupation is to overlay with gold.

Matte :: Matte (n.) A dead or dull finish, as in gilding where the gold leaf is not burnished, or in painting where the surface is purposely deprived of gloss..

Electro-gilding :: Electro-gilding (n.) The art or process of gilding copper, iron, etc., by means of voltaic electricity..

Gorget :: Gorget (n.) A small ornamental plate, usually crescent-shaped, and of gilded copper, formerly hung around the neck of officers in full uniform in some modern armies..

Gild :: Gild (v. t.) To make red with drinking.

Vermeil :: Vermeil (n.) A liquid composition applied to a gilded surface to give luster to the gold.

Gilt :: Gilt (n.) Gold, or that which resembles gold, laid on the surface of a thing; gilding..

Gildale :: Gildale (v. t.) A drinking bout in which every one pays an equal share.

Weregild :: Weregild (n.) The price of a man's head; a compensation paid of a man killed, partly to the king for the loss of a subject, partly to the lord of a vassal, and partly to the next of kin. It was paid by the murderer..

Gelt :: Gelt (n.) Gilding; tinsel.

Inaurate :: Inaurate (a.) Covered with gold; gilded.

Infilm :: Infilm (v. t.) To cover with a film; to coat thinly; as, to infilm one metal with another in the process of gilding; to infilm the glass of a mirror..

Deaurate :: Deaurate (v. t.) To gild.

Tip :: Tip (n.) A thin, boarded brush made of camel's hair, used by gilders in lifting gold leaf..

Matting :: Matting (n.) A dull, lusterless surface in certain of the arts, as gilding, metal work, glassmaking, etc..

Regild :: Regild (v. t.) To gild anew.

Gild :: Gild (v. t.) To make attractive; to adorn; to brighten.

Begilded :: Begilded (imp. & p. p.) of Begil.

Unbegilt :: Unbegilt (a.) Not gilded; hence, not rewarded with gold..

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