gild

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to make appear drunk
to adorn
To cover with a thin layer of gold; to cover with gold leaf
To make attractive; to adorn; to brighten
To give a fair but deceptive outward appearance to; to embellish; as, to gild a lie
To make red with drinking
decorate with, or as if with, gold leaf or liquid gold
{v} to wash over with gold adorn, set off
{f} cover with a thin layer of gold; make golden; decorate, embellish, give the appearance of beauty to (especially in order to deceive)
To overlay with a thin covering of gold; to cover with a golden color; to cause to look like gold
If you gild a surface, you cover it in a thin layer of gold or gold paint. Carve the names and gild them. gilded statues. Variant of guild
a formal association of people with similar interests; "he joined a golf club"; "they formed a small lunch society"; "men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen today"
gild the lily
To embellish or improve something unnecessarily
gild the lily
To add superfluous attributes to something
gild the lily
{f} needlessly adorn something that is already very beautiful
gild the lily
make unnecessary additions to what is already complete adorn unnecessarily (something that is already beautiful)
gilded
Simple past tense and past participle of gild
gilding
The art of applying gold leaf to a surface
gilding
Present participle of gild
gilding
A coating of gold, etc
gilt
money
gilt
Simple past tense and past participle of gild
gilt
A thin layer of gold or other metal; gilding
gilder
{n} one who gilds, a kind of small coin
gilding
{n} gold or silver laid on for ornament
gilt
{n} anything gilt or fine
Gilded
deaurate
Gilded
gilden
Gilded
goldbeaten
To gild
deaurate
To gild
begild
gilded
having the deep slightly brownish color of gold; "long aureate (or golden) hair"; "a gold carpet"
gilded
rich and superior in quality; "a princely sum"; "gilded dining rooms"
gilded
made from or covered with gold; "gold coins"; "the gold dome of the Capitol"; "the golden calf"; "gilded icons"
gilded
based on pretense; deceptively pleasing; "the gilded and perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility"; "meretricious praise"; "a meretricious argument
gilded
having the color or quality of gold
gilded
made of gold or covered by a thin layer of gold
gilded
having a falsely pleasant appearance; sugarcoated
gilded
based on pretense; deceptively pleasing; "the gilded and perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility"; "meretricious praise"; "a meretricious argument"
gilded
{s} covered with a thin layer of gold
gilded
past tense of to gild
gilder
A craftsman who works with gold and silver to artistically cover an object as in the gold leaf process
gilder
{i} one who covers surfaces with gold leaf
gilder
A Dutch coin
gilder
One who gilds; one whose occupation is to overlay with gold
gilder
someone whose occupation is apply an overlay of gold or gilt
gilding
Procedure by which surfaces of various materials are covered in gold
gilding
Gold in leaf, powder, or liquid, for application to any surface
gilding
Considered by many to be the highest form of sign art, gilding is the application of thin metal sheets (see gold leaf) to glass, signs and vehicles After the work surface is clean and the design is marked out, a gelatin sizing is brushed on the area to be gilded The gold leaf is then carried to the work site through the use of a gilder's tip and static electricity After the entire area is dry, the gold leaf is burnished and holes and imperfections in the gild are filled The final step is painting the backs of the letters (and an outline) if the gild is reversed on a window, or outlining them if it is a direct gild
gilding
The art or practice of overlaying or covering with gold leaf; also, a thin coating or wash of gold, or of that which resembles gold
gilding
Covering a surface with gold leaf
gilding
A coating with a thin layer of gold or gold-like substance
gilding
Gilding is a layer of gold or gold paint that is put on something
gilding
The application of gold or metallic leaf to a book’s trim edges
gilding
a coating of gold or of something that looks like gold
gilding
The process known as gilding simply means the application of gold, silver, or copper leaf to a surface that has been properly prepared with an adhesive known as 'gold size' Additional forms of leaf are variegated leaf, Dutch gold (primarily made from brass and simulated gold leaf) and Aluminum leaf (used to simulate silver leaf
gilding
gold leaf on the page edges
gilding
A coating of gold etc
gilding
using gold or platinum to decorate ware
gilding
the process of electroplating a layer of pure gold on another metal
gilding
{i} thin layer of gold; act of covering with gold leaf
gilding
The application of gold or metallic leaf to a book's trim edges
gilding
Gold leaf
gilding
- The application of a gold color to silver either: (1) by melting gold with mercury and painting it onto the surface with a brush, before removing the mercury by evaporation under heat, causing the two metals to fuse; (2) by soaking a linen rag in a solution of chloride of gold, burning it and rubbing the ashes onto the silver, which adhere; or (3) by modem electrolysis
gilding
The process of decorating glass by the use of gold leaf, gold paint, or gold dust The gilding may be applied with size, or amalgamated with mercury It is then usually fixed to the glass by heat Gold leaf may be picked up on a gather of hot glass
gilding
Affixing thin metal leaf to a surface to give the effect of solid or inlaid metal It is a very old technique that goes back to the Egyptians and the Chinese It reached its highest point at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century with Victorian fashion and in the gilding of gold picture frames
gilding
The art of applying a very thin layer of gold leaf or powder form over plaster or wood There are three main techniques - oil, water and powder Oil gilding is the most common - it uses wafer thin sheets of gold leaf, which are painstakingly applied The surface is first prepared with size (a glue), left to get tacky for a few seconds, and then the fragments are transferred with a tiny brush The leaf is gently rubbed with the back of the paper like a transfer Available from good art shops, it is usually sold in little books on sheets of waxed paper Dutch metal Leaf is a less expensive version Other metals such as silver are also produced Water gilding is a technique used by the Ancient Egyptians, whilst powder gilding is performed by restoration experts
gilding
Mostly in the book arena, gold leafing the edges of a book
gilding
An artistic process in which a thin metal leaf is affixed to a surface The effect is that of solid or inlaid metal The process has its origins in ancient Egypt and China, but reached its height of popularity at the end of the 19th century with Victorian fashion and gilded picture frames
gilding
The application of gold leaf
gilding
Coating with a thin layer of gold (or a substance which resembles gold)
gilding
The coating of a surface with a thin layer of gold Electroplating is the modern form of gilding
gilding
Any superficial coating or appearance, as opposed to what is solid and genuine
gilding
[art] Gold flakes or leaf used as a surface finish
gilding
The application of gold leaf to an object, generally to wood or metal
gilding
a fine layer of gold over a base of silver Until fairly recently silver was gilt by a process known as fire, or mercurial, gilding This method involved applying an amalgam of gold and mercury to the surface of the silver object then heating it to volatize the mercury but not the gold Parcel-gilding refers to partial or part gilding, a process where a varnish was applied to the areas of the object that the maker did not want gilt The mercury and gold amalgam would not adhere to these areas
gilt
> Gold-leaf decoration applied with either a water or oil application
gilt
past tense and past participle of gild
gilt
Gold leaf that has been applied to the binding, page edges or less often the pages of a book Gold leaf is a popular choice for lettering the title or other information to the cover of a book for same reason it is sought for other uses It is beautiful and can be quite enduring It does not tarnish easily The difference here from other uses, is that it doesn't cost much Gold leaf is INCREDIBLELY THIN It takes so little to title a book, that I'm hard pressed not to laugh when a neophite is awed by it Binders do not touch gold leaf with their fingers, as it will disappear into the pores of the skin when touched See teg aeg
gilt
Gold, or that which resembles gold, laid on the surface of a thing; gilding
gilt
A young female pig, at or nearing the age of first breeding
gilt
A gilt object is covered with a thin layer of gold or gold paint. marble columns and gilt spires
gilt
{s} golden; gilded, coated with a thin layer of gold
gilt
Gold plating
gilt
a coating of gold or of something that looks like gold
gilt
Gilts are gilt-edged stocks or securities. A young sow that has not farrowed. covered with gilt
gilt
n guilt [OE gylt]
gilt
of Gild
gilt
A female pig, when young
gilt
A fixed-interest security issued by the British government
gilt
Government stock or bonds The government raises money for large projects by issuing fixed-interest securities
gilt
having the deep slightly brownish color of gold; "long aureate (or golden) hair"; "a gold carpet"
gilt
applied gold leaf, usually the lettering and/or decoration to the covers but sometimes to top and other edges (see teg, aeg)
gilt
The usual name given to British government securities These are issued by the government to fund borrowing
gilt
A security issued by the Bank of England (see gilt-edged)
gilt
golden coloured
gilt
Domestic sterling-denominated bond backed by the full faith and credit of the United Kingdom and issued by the UK Treasury
gilt
A thin layer of gold; gilding
gilt
[adj] covered with gold, or shiny like gold
gilt
Gold applied to a substrate
gilt
{i} gold leaf, gold plate, thin layer of gold
gilt
Gilded; covered with gold; of the color of gold; golden yellow
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