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Definition of Gilding
Gilding Gild Gild, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gilded or Gilt (?); p. pr.
& vb. n. Gilding.] [AS. gyldan, from gold gold. [root]234.
See Gold.]
1. To overlay with a thin covering of gold; to cover with a
golden color; to cause to look like gold. ``Gilded
chariots.' --Pope.
No more the rising sun shall gild the morn. --Pope.
2. To make attractive; to adorn; to brighten.
Let oft good humor, mild and gay, Gild the calm
evening of your day. --Trumbull.
3. To give a fair but deceptive outward appearance to; to
embellish; as, to gild a lie. --Shak.
4. To make red with drinking. [Obs.]
This grand liquior that hath gilded them. --Shak.