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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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..
Tip :: Tip (n.) A thin, boarded brush made of camel's hair, used by gilders in lifting gold leaf..
Gild :: Gild (v. t.) To give a fair but deceptive outward appearance to; to embellish; as, to gild a lie..
Electro-gilding :: Electro-gilding (n.) The art or process of gilding copper, iron, etc., by means of voltaic electricity..
Flatting :: Flatting (n.) A method of preserving gilding unburnished, by touching with size..
Inaurate :: Inaurate (a.) Covered with gold; gilded.
Were :: Were (n.) A fine for slaying a man; the money value set upon a man's life; weregild.
Octogild :: Octogild (n.) A pecuniary compensation for an injury, of eight times the value of the thing..
Begilded :: Begilded (imp. & p. p.) of Begil.
Gilder :: Gilder (n.) One who gilds; one whose occupation is to overlay with gold.
Deaden :: Deaden (a.) To deprive of gloss or brilliancy; to obscure; as, to deaden gilding by a coat of size..
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..
Deaurate :: Deaurate (v. t.) To gild.
Gild :: Gild (v. t.) To make attractive; to adorn; to brighten.
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..
Gild :: Gild (v. t.) To make red with drinking.
Inaurate :: Inaurate (v. t.) To cover with gold; to gild.
Gilt :: Gilt (p. p. & a.) Gilded; covered with gold; of the color of gold; golden yellow.
Aurated :: Aurated (a.) Resembling or containing gold; gold-colored; gilded.
Gilding :: Gilding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gil.
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