All those gold framed pictures you see hanging in museums? They're covered in gilt a very thin layer of gold leaf, like paper, applied to the surface.
A female pig, when young.
Noun
a coating of gold or of something that looks like gold
Adjective S.
having the deep slightly brownish color of gold; "long aureate (or golden) hair"; "a gold carpet"
of Gild
v. t.
A female pig, when young.
imp. & p. p. of Gild.
p. p. & a.
Gilded; covered with gold; of the color of gold;
golden yellow.
n.
Gold, or that which resembles gold, laid on the surface of a
thing; gilding.
n.
Money.
Gilt
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Gilt
A female pig, when young.
imp. & p. p. of
Gilded; covered with gold; of the color of gold; golden yellow.
Gold, or that which resembles gold, laid on the surface of a thing; gilding.
Usage Examples
Taught from infancy that beauty is woman's sceptre, the mind shapes itself to the body, and roaming round its gilt cage, only seeks to adorn its prison.
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