gilt

Определение gilt в Английский Язык Английский Язык словарь: money; Simple past tense and past participle of gild; A thin layer of gold or other metal; gilding; A security issued by the Bank of England (see gilt-edged); A young female pig, at or nearing the age of first breeding; golden coloured; {n} anything gilt or fine; > Gold-leaf decoration applied with either a water or oil application; past tense and past participle of gild; 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; Gold, or that which resembles gold, laid on the surface of a thing; gilding; A gilt object is covered with a thin layer of gold or gold paint. marble columns and gilt spires; {s} golden; gilded, coated with a thin layer of gold; Gold plating; a coating of gold or of something that looks like gold; Gilts are gilt-edged stocks or securities. A young sow that has not farrowed. covered with gilt; n guilt [OE gylt]; of Gild; A female pig, when young; A fixed-interest security issued by the British government; Government stock or bonds The government raises money for large projects by issuing fixed-interest securities; having the deep slightly brownish color of gold; "long aureate (or golden) hair"; "a gold carpet"; applied gold leaf, usually the lettering and/or decoration to the covers but sometimes to top and other edges (see teg, aeg); The usual name given to British government securities These are issued by the government to fund borrowing; Domestic sterling-denominated bond backed by the full faith and credit of the United Kingdom and issued by the UK Treasury; A thin layer of gold; gilding; [adj] covered with gold, or shiny like gold; Gold applied to a substrate; {i} gold leaf, gold plate, thin layer of gold; Gilded; covered with gold; of the color of gold; golden yellow
gilt-edged: Issued by the Bank of England
gilt-edged: Having gilded edges
gilt-edged: Of the highest quality
gilt-head bream: Type of fish
gilt-head breams: plural form of gilt-head bream
gilt-edged: having gilded edges as the pages of a book of the highest quality or value; "gilt-edged securities"; "gilt-edged credentials
gilt-edged: Gilt-edged stocks or securities are issued by the government for people to invest in for a fixed period of time at a fixed rate of interest. gilt-edged stocks or shares do not give you much interest (=additional money) but are considered very safe as they are sold mainly by governments
gild: to make appear drunk
gild: to adorn
gild: To make attractive; to adorn; to brighten
gild: To give a fair but deceptive outward appearance to; to embellish; as, to gild a lie
gild: To make red with drinking
gild: decorate with, or as if with, gold leaf or liquid gold
gild: {v} to wash over with gold adorn, set off
gild: To cover with a thin layer of gold; to cover with gold leaf
gild: {f} cover with a thin layer of gold; make golden; decorate, embellish, give the appearance of beauty to (especially in order to deceive)
gild: To overlay with a thin covering of gold; to cover with a golden color; to cause to look like gold
gild: 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
gild: 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"
gilts: plural of gilt
silver gilt: silver that is plated with gold