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Webster 1913 Edition


Gilt

Gilt

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Noun.
[See
Geld
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Verb.
T.
]
(Zool.)
A female pig, when young.

Gilt

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imp.
&
p.
p.
of
Gild
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Gilt

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p.
p.
&
Adj.
Gilded; covered with gold; of the color of gold; golden yellow.
“Gilt hair”
Chaucer.

Gilt

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Noun.
1.
Gold, or that which resembles gold, laid on the surface of a thing; gilding.
Shak.

Webster 1828 Edition


Gilt

GILT

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pp.
of gild. Overlaid with gold leaf, or washed with gold; illuminated; adorned.

GILT

,
Noun.
Gold laid on the surface of a thing; gilding.
1.
In England, a young female pig.