gild

Definition of gild in English English dictionary: 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