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Word: Gild
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
Old English gyldan, of Germanic origin; related to gold
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ɡɪld
Dialects: British English
Definition:
cover thinly with gold
Short Definition:cover thinly with gold
Examples:- in 1436 he gilded and painted statues for Bruges Town Hall
- the first rays of the sun were gilding the grassy hillside
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