Begild

Begild

Be*gild"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Begilded or Begilt.] To gild. --B. Jonson.

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begild
verb
decorate with, or as if with, gold leaf or liquid gold [syn: gild]

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Begild is always a great word to know.

So is quincunx. Does it mean:

a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.

an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.

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