covered with a thin layer of gold
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Gilded Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. Aboutof Gild
gilded
adj
1. having the deep slightly brownish color of gold; "long aureate (or golden) hair"; "a gold carpet" [syn: aureate, gilt, gold, golden]
2. based on pretense; deceptively pleasing; "the gilded and perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility"; "meretricious praise"; "a meretricious argument" [syn: meretricious, specious]
3. rich and superior in quality; "a princely sum"; "gilded dining rooms" [syn: deluxe, luxurious, opulent, princely, sumptuous]
4. made from or covered with gold; "gold coins"; "the gold dome of the capitol"; "the golden calf"; "gilded icons" [syn: gold, golden]
Adjective
1. having the deep slightly brownish color of gold; "long aureate (or golden) hair"; "a gold carpet"
(synonym) aureate, gilt, gold, golden
(similar) chromatic
2. based on pretense; deceptively pleasing; "the gilded and perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility"; "meretricious praise"; "a meretricious argument"
(synonym) meretricious, specious
(similar) insincere
3. rich and superior in quality; "a princely sum"; "gilded dining rooms"
(synonym) deluxe, luxurious, opulent, princely, sumptuous
(similar) rich
4. made from or covered with gold; "gold coins"; "the gold dome of the Capitol"; "the golden calf"; "gilded icons"
(synonym) gold, golden
(similar) metallic, metal(a)
Noun
1. a formal association of people with similar interests; "he joined a golf club"; "they formed a small lunch society"; "men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen today"
(synonym) club, society, guild, lodge, order
(hypernym) association
(hyponym) athenaeum, atheneum
(member-meronym) club member
Verb
1. decorate with, or as if with, gold leaf or liquid gold
(synonym) begild, engild
(hypernym) decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify
(derivation) gilder
Gilded Definition from Social Science Dictionaries & Glossaries
Gilded Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
The term gilding covers a number of decorative techniques for applying fine gold leaf or powder to solid surfaces such as wood, stone, or metal to give a thin coating of gold. A gilded object is described as "gilt". Where metal is gilded, it was traditionally usually silver in the West, to make silver-gilt (or "vermeil") objects, but gilt-bronze is much used in China, and also called ormolu if it is Western. Methods of gilding include hand application and glueing, chemical gilding, and electroplating, the last also called gold plating. Parcel-gilt objects are only gilded over part of their surfaces. This may mean that all of the inside, and none of the outside, of a chalice or similar vessel is gilded, or that patterns or images are made up by using a combination of gilt and un-gilt areas.
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Gilded Definition from Religion & Spirituality Dictionaries & Glossaries
gilded
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869) , by Roswell D. Hitchcock. About