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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..

Gold-beaten :: Gold-beaten (a.) Gilded.

Overgild :: Overgild (v. t.) To gild over; to varnish.

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

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

Wehrgelt :: Wehrgelt (n.) See Weregild.

Octogild :: Octogild (n.) A pecuniary compensation for an injury, of eight times the value of the thing..

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..

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..

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

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

Cordwain :: Cordwain (n.) A term used in the Middle Ages for Spanish leather (goatskin tanned and dressed), and hence, any leather handsomely finished, colored, gilded, or the like..

Deaurate :: Deaurate (a.) Gilded.

Electro-gilt :: Electro-gilt (a.) Gilded by means of voltaic electricity.

Gilder :: Gilder (n.) A Dutch coin. See Guilder.

Deauration :: Deauration (n.) Act of gilding.

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

Tarnish :: Tarnish (v. i.) To lose luster; to become dull; as, gilding will tarnish in a foul air..

Orfgild :: Orfgild (n.) Restitution for cattle; a penalty for taking away cattle.

Water Gilding :: Water gilding () The act, or the process, of gilding metallic surfaces by covering them with a thin coating of amalgam of gold, and then volatilizing the mercury by heat; -- called also wash gilding..

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