gilder
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dər noun
a person or thing that gilds.
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| —vb , gilds, gilding, gilded, gilt | |
| 1. | to cover with or as if with gold |
| 2. | gild the lily |
| a. to adorn unnecessarily something already beautiful | |
| b. to praise someone inordinately | |
| 3. | to give a falsely attractive or valuable appearance to |
| 4. | archaic to smear with blood |
| [Old English gyldan, from gold | |
| 'gilder1 | |
| —n | |
| gilder (ˈɡɪldə) | |
| —n | |
| a variant spelling of guilder | |
| guilder, gilder or gulden (ˈɡɪldə) | |
| —n , pl -ders, -der, -dens, -den | |
| 1. | Also called: florin the former standard monetary unit of the Netherlands, divided into 100 cents; replaced by the euro in 2002 |
| 2. | the standard monetary unit of the Netherlands Antilles and Surinam, divided into 100 cents |
| 3. | any of various former gold or silver coins of Germany, Austria, or the Netherlands |
| [C15: changed from Middle Dutch gulden, literally: | |
| gilder, gilder or gulden | |
| —n | |
| [C15: changed from Middle Dutch gulden, literally: | |
| gulden, gilder or gulden | |
| —n | |
| [C15: changed from Middle Dutch gulden, literally: | |
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Gilder is the captain of the light, swift pirate vessel claudia.
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