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Gilding - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Gilding : (noun)
1: a coating of gold or of something that looks like gold [syn:
gilt]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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Example Usage of Gilding |
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CSR_ticker: The World After Copenhagen – A Return to the Rational? - Paul Gilding: While Copenhagen failed to deliver any agreement http://url4.eu/yBHD |
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UpAirSomewhere: Brought my Gilding supplies home from the studio to finish last minute pieces and forgot the Gilding size. Crap. Back to studio tomorrow! |
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followmorrissey: In fact, at the risk of Gilding the lily, I do not have any firearms full stop. |
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