gilts

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plural of gilt
gilt
money
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Simple past tense and past participle of gild
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A thin layer of gold or other metal; gilding
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{n} anything gilt or fine
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> Gold-leaf decoration applied with either a water or oil application
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past tense and past participle of gild
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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
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Gold, or that which resembles gold, laid on the surface of a thing; gilding
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A young female pig, at or nearing the age of first breeding
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A gilt object is covered with a thin layer of gold or gold paint. marble columns and gilt spires
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{s} golden; gilded, coated with a thin layer of gold
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Gold plating
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a coating of gold or of something that looks like gold
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Gilts are gilt-edged stocks or securities. A young sow that has not farrowed. covered with gilt
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n guilt [OE gylt]
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of Gild
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A female pig, when young
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A fixed-interest security issued by the British government
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Government stock or bonds The government raises money for large projects by issuing fixed-interest securities
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having the deep slightly brownish color of gold; "long aureate (or golden) hair"; "a gold carpet"
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applied gold leaf, usually the lettering and/or decoration to the covers but sometimes to top and other edges (see teg, aeg)
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The usual name given to British government securities These are issued by the government to fund borrowing
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A security issued by the Bank of England (see gilt-edged)
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golden coloured
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Domestic sterling-denominated bond backed by the full faith and credit of the United Kingdom and issued by the UK Treasury
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A thin layer of gold; gilding
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[adj] covered with gold, or shiny like gold
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Gold applied to a substrate
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{i} gold leaf, gold plate, thin layer of gold
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Gilded; covered with gold; of the color of gold; golden yellow
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