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gilt

1   [gilt]
verb
1.
a simple past tense and past participle of gild1.
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adjective
2.
gilded.
3.
gold in color; golden.

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noun
4.
the thin layer of gold or other material applied in gilding.
5.
gilt-edged security.
Example Sentences
  • Gilt sometimes doesn't know when to pull back, pipe down and let superior food speak for itself.
  • Some people's hogs show better than others, and some judges can't tell a barrow from a gilt.
  • Gilt yields were in deflation-worry territory even before the government announced consolidation plans.
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gilt

2   [gilt]
noun
a young female swine, especially one that has not produced a litter.
Origin:
1300–50; Middle English gilte < Old Norse gylta

gild

1   [gild]
verb (used with object), gild·ed or gilt, gild·ing.
1.
to coat with gold, gold leaf, or a gold-colored substance.
2.
to give a bright, pleasing, or specious aspect to.
3.
Archaic. to make red, as with blood.
Idiom
4.
gild the lily, to add unnecessary ornamentation, a special feature, etc., in an attempt to improve something that is already complete, satisfactory, or ideal: After that wonderful meal, serving a fancy dessert would be gilding the lily.
Origin:
1300–50; Middle English gilden, Old English -gyldan; akin to gold

Related forms
gild·a·ble, adjective
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gilt1 (ɡɪlt)
 
—vb
1.  a past tense and past participle of gild
 
—n
2.  gold or a substance simulating it, applied in gilding
3.  gilding another word for gilding
4.  superficial or false appearance of excellence; glamour
5.  a gilt-edged security
6.  take the gilt off the gingerbread to destroy the part of something that gives it its appeal
 
—adj
7.  covered with or as if with gold or gilt; gilded

gilt2 (ɡɪlt)
 
—n
a young female pig, esp one that has not had a litter
 
[C15: from Old Norse gyltr; related to Old English gelte, Old High German gelza, Middle Low German gelte]

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gild
O.E. gyldan, from P.Gmc. *gulthianan (cf. O.N. gylla "to guild"), from *gulthan "gold."
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gilt
c.1300, pp. of M.E. gilden, from O.E. gyldan (see gild).
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