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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Gild \Gild\ (g[i^]ld), 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.
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              No more the rising sun shall gild the morn. --Pope.
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     2. To make attractive; to adorn; to brighten.
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              Let oft good humor, mild and gay,
              Gild the calm evening of your day.    --Trumbull.
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     3. To give a fair but deceptive outward appearance to; to
        embellish; as, to gild a lie. --Shak.
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     4. To make red with drinking. [Obs.]
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              This grand liquior that hath gilded them. --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Gilding \Gild"ing\ (g[i^]ld"[i^]ng), n.
     1. The art or practice of overlaying or covering with gold
        leaf; also, a thin coating or wash of gold, or of that
        which resembles gold.
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     2. Gold in leaf, powder, or liquid, for application to any
        surface.
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     3. Any superficial coating or appearance, as opposed to what
        is solid and genuine.
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     Gilding metal, a tough kind of sheet brass from which
        cartridge shells are made.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  gilding
       n : a coating of gold or of something that looks like gold [syn:
            gilt]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  gilding
     n.
     1 (lb en uncountable) The art of applying gold leaf to a surface.
     2 (lb en uncountable) Gold leaf.
     3 (lb en countable) A coating of gold or gold-colored paint, etc.
  Category:en:Gold
     vb.
     (present participle of en gild nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  gilding
     n.
     1 (lb en uncountable) The art of applying gold leaf to a surface.
     2 (lb en uncountable) Gold leaf.
     3 (lb en countable) A coating of gold or gold-colored paint, etc.
  Category:en:Gold
     vb.
     (present participle of en gild nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  gilding
     n.
     1 (lb en uncountable) The art of applying gold leaf to a surface.
     2 (lb en uncountable) Gold leaf.
     3 (lb en countable) A coating of gold or gold-colored paint, etc.
  Category:en:Gold
     vb.
     (present participle of en gild nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  gilding
     n.
     1 (lb en uncountable) The art of applying gold leaf to a surface.
     2 (lb en uncountable) Gold leaf.
     3 (lb en countable) A coating of gold or gold-colored paint, etc.
  Category:en:Gold
     vb.
     (present participle of en gild nocat=1)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  gilding
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm g ild ing)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Gilding /ɡˈɪldɪŋ/
  التذهيب

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  gilding //ˈɡɪldɪŋ// 
  1. позлатяване
  art
  2. варак, позлата
  leaf

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  gilding /ɡˈɪldɪŋ/ 
  pozlátko

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  gilding /ɡˈɪldɪŋ/ 
  pozlacení

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]


  gilding /ɡˈɪldɪŋ/
  Vergoldung  [art]
           Note: Vorgang
   see: leaf gilding, burnished gilding, water gilding, burnished gilding

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]


  gilding /ɡˈɪldɪŋ/
  vergoldend
   see: gild, gold-plate, paint gold, gilded, gilt, gilds, gilded, gilt

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-fin ]


  gilding //ˈɡɪldɪŋ// 
  1. kultaaminen
  art
  2. kultaus
  coating
  3. lehtikulta
  leaf

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 : [ freedict:eng-hin ]


  gilding /ɡˈɪldɪŋ/ 
  1. पदार्थ~जिससे~कलई~की~जाती~है
        "The guilding on the dome of the gurudwara in Amritsar is of gold."

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]


  gilding /ɡˈɪldɪŋ/
  1. altın kaplama
  2. yaldız.

From IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]

/ˈɡɪɫdɪŋ/

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]


     n. 贴金箔;镀金

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