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

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

Inauration :: Inauration (n.) The act or process of gilding or covering with gold.

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

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..

Wehrgelt :: Wehrgelt (n.) See Weregild.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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..

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

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

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..

Aurated :: Aurated (a.) Resembling or containing gold; gold-colored; gilded.

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