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

Gouge :: Gouge (n.) A bookbinder's tool for blind tooling or gilding, having a face which forms a curve..

Pallet :: Pallet (n.) A tool for gilding the backs of books over the bands.

Cushion :: Cushion (n.) a pad on which gilders cut gold lea.

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

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..

Gild :: Gild (v. t.) To overlay with a thin covering of gold; to cover with a golden color; to cause to look like gold.

Gilded :: Gilded (imp. & p. p.) of Gil.

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

Tarnish :: Tarnish (a.) To soil, or change the appearance of, especially by an alternation induced by the air, or by dust, or the like; to diminish, dull, or destroy the luster of; to sully; as, to tarnish a metal; to tarnish gilding; to tarnish the purity of color..

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..

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..

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

Gilden :: Gilden (a.) Gilded.

Were :: Were (n.) A fine for slaying a man; the money value set upon a man's life; weregild.

Checklaton :: Checklaton (n.) Gilded leather.

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

Gilt :: Gilt () imp. & p. p. of Gild.

Deaurate :: Deaurate (a.) Gilded.

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

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