Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Covered with gold or gilt.
- adjective Resembling gold, as in color or luster.
- noun A thin layer of gold or a paint containing or simulating gold that is applied in gilding.
- noun Superficial brilliance or gloss.
- noun Slang Money.
- noun A young sow that has not farrowed.
from The Century Dictionary.
- An obsolete variant of
gild . - noun Money; geld.
- noun A young female pig.
- Gilded.
- Of the color of gold; bright-yellow.
- noun The material used in gilding.
- noun One of a class of thieves.
- noun A Middle English form of
guilt . - A simplified spelling of
guilt . - noun In archery, the innermost circle of the target; the gold.
- noun Preterit of
gild .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A female pig, when young.
- imp. & p. p. of
gild . - past participle Gilded; covered with gold; of the color of gold; golden yellow.
- noun Gold, or that which resembles gold, laid on the surface of a thing; gilding.
- noun obsolete Money.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A young female pig, at or nearing the age of first breeding.
- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
gild . - noun uncountable Gold or other metal in a thin layer;
gilding . - noun uncountable, slang
Money . - noun countable, finance A
security issued by theBank of England (seegilt-edged ) - adjective
golden coloured
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having the deep slightly brownish color of gold
- noun a coating of gold or of something that looks like gold
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Queller had the first variety in gilt, meaning that it is gold-plated, and the second variety in copper.
Queller Collection of Coin Patterns Sells for $8.36 Million (Part 1) : Coin Collecting News 2009
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A Qing dynasty yellow-ground vase, decorated with flowers and edged in gilt, broke the world record for the most expensive single piece of Chinese art sold, at $32.5 million.
Wealthy Chinese Buyers Break Records in Chinese Art Auctions 2010
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A Qing dynasty yellow-ground vase, decorated with flowers and edged in gilt, broke the world record for the most expensive single piece of Chinese art sold, at $32.5 million.
Wealthy Chinese Buyers Break Records in Chinese Art Auctions 2010
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It was a heavy, leather-bound folio, the spine facing the audience, with the title The Rime of the Ancient Mariner etched in gilt onto it.
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A Qing dynasty yellow-ground vase, decorated with flowers and edged in gilt, broke the world record for the most expensive single piece of Chinese art sold, at $32.5 million.
Wealthy Chinese Buyers Break Records in Chinese Art Auctions 2010
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Home-made chocolate truffles and amandines – an almond sweet – sit in gilt bowls, and slices of summer fruit glow gently in glass.
Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » Ghosts of Christmas Past 2008
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The originals hung in gilt frames in the grandest museums in the world, and tourists made pilgrimages to see them.
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BELVOIR: Ah well-a-day for the poor gentlemen in gilt coaches.
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If you're interested in gilt-edged accuracy, this is the one.
0.308 1999
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It requires the income derived from £2,000 in gilt edged securities to maintain a family in idleness.
Population Problems 1937
jinglebelljosie commented on the word gilt
a young, female pig
August 22, 2008
oroboros commented on the word gilt
A young female pig...who knew?
June 24, 2011
ruzuzu commented on the word gilt
It's already on my swine list. :-)
June 24, 2011
oroboros commented on the word gilt
I'm just waaaaaaay outta the loop! (but wanted to link the cartoon at least).
June 24, 2011
ruzuzu commented on the word gilt
Oh! I didn't even see the cartoon. It's great, oroboros!
June 24, 2011
knitandpurl commented on the word gilt
The "young female pig" definition was new to me, too. I just came across it:
"All the cattle brought handsome sums, and then it was the pigs' turn. One by one they were displayed: the gilts, the shoats, the cranky old sow and her litter of half-grown piglets."
Then There Were Five by Elizabeth Enright, pp 239-240 of the 2002 hardcover edition
July 12, 2011