gild
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ɡɪld/
gild (gilds, present participle gilding; past and past participle gilded)
- (transitive) To cover with a thin layer of gold; to cover with gold leaf.
- 1888 May, Oscar Wilde, “The Happy Prince”, in The Happy Prince and Other Tales, London: David Nutt, […], OCLC 595167 ↗, page 1 ↗:
- High above the city, on a tall column, stood the statue of the Happy Prince. He was gilded all over with thin leaves of fine gold, for eyes he had two bright sapphires, and a large red ruby glowed on his sword-hilt.
- (transitive) To adorn.
- 1596-97, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act II, Scene vi:
- I will make fast the doors, and gild myself / With some more ducats, and be with you straight.
- 1596-97, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act II, Scene vi:
- (transitive, cooking) To decorate with a golden surface appearance.
- 2008, Ivan P. Day, Cooking in Europe, 1650-1850 (page 98)
- Gild the entire outside with beaten egg yolk, and sprinkle it with grated parmesan.
- 2008, Ivan P. Day, Cooking in Europe, 1650-1850 (page 98)
- (transitive) To give a bright or pleasing aspect to.
- 1609, William Shakespeare, Sonnet 28:
- When sparkling stars twire not, thou gild'st the even.
- 1609, William Shakespeare, Sonnet 28:
- (transitive) To make appear drunk.
- French: dorer
- German: vergolden
- Italian: indorare, dorare
- Portuguese: dourar
- Russian: золоти́ть
- Spanish: dorar
gild (plural gilds)
- Obsolete form of guild#English|guild.
- 1920, H. E. Salter, Munimenta Civitatis Oxonie (volume 71, page xxviii)
- No trade gild might be started without the consent of the whole body of hanasters, who would insist that the regulations were not harmful to the burgesses as a whole; […]
- 1920, H. E. Salter, Munimenta Civitatis Oxonie (volume 71, page xxviii)
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