v. t.
n. The art or process of gilding copper, iron, etc., by means of voltaic electricity. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To gild; to make splendent. [ 1913 Webster ]
Fair Helena, who most engilds the night. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
No more the rising sun shall gild the morn. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
Let oft good humor, mild and gay,
Gild the calm evening of your day. Trumbull. [ 1913 Webster ]
This grand liquior that hath gilded them. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ AS. gilgan to pay + E. ale. See Yield, v. t., and Ale. ] A drinking bout in which every one pays an equal share. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Gilded. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who gilds; one whose occupation is to overlay with gold. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A Dutch coin. See Guilder. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
Gilding metal,
n. [ Octo- + AS. gild payment. ] (Anglo-Saxon Law) A pecuniary compensation for an injury, of eight times the value of the thing. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ AS. orf, yrfe, cattle, property + gild, gield, money, fine. ] (O. Eng. Law) Restitution for cattle; a penalty for taking away cattle. Cowell. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ AS. ofergyldan. ] To gild over; to varnish. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To gild anew. [ 1913 Webster ]
The act, or the process, of gilding metallic surfaces by covering them with a thin coating of amalgam of gold, and then volatilizing the mercury by heat; -- called also
n. [ AS. wergild; wer a man, value set on a man's life + gild payment of money; akin to G. wehrgeld. √285. See Were a man, and Geld, n. ] (O. Eng. Law) The price of a man's head; a compensation paid of a man killed, partly to the king for the loss of a subject, partly to the lord of a vassal, and partly to the next of kin. It was paid by the murderer.