Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Golden.
- noun Same as
gulden .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Gilded.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective obsolete
Golden ; made of gold.
Etymologies
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Examples
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"Don't bother, lad," Dr. Alquon sniffed, pointing his gilden arquebus at the savage's head.
notes from the peanut gallery Dean Francis Alfar 2003
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"Don't bother, lad," Dr. Alquon sniffed, pointing his gilden arquebus at the savage's head.
Archive 2003-04-01 Dean Francis Alfar 2003
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Awr gilden Gods ar brought ayen intea awr kirks ilkwhare,
A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 6 William Carew Hazlitt 1873
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I was down to Rhode Island one summer to larn gilden and bronzin, so as to give the finishin touch to my clocks.
The Clockmaker — or, the Sayings and Doings of Samuel Slick, of Slickville Thomas Chandler Haliburton 1830
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The eagle-shaped USA Pavilion and Russia's gilden sun-shaped structure anchor one end of the sprawling Expo grounds, Japan's lavender silkworm dome the other.
ajc.com - News 2010
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So that the right use of comedy will, I think, by nobody be blamed, and much less of the high and excellent tragedy, that openeth the greatest wounds, and showeth forth the ulcers that are covered with tissue; that maketh kings fear to be tyrants, and tyrants manifest their tyrannical humors; that with stirring the effects of admiration and commiseration teacheth the uncertainty of this world, and upon how weak foundations gilden roofs are builded; that maketh us know: Qui sceptra sævus duro imperio regit,
The Defense of Poesy 1909
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