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gilt(medicine)
gilt(dictionary)
gilt(4)(dictionary)
gilt(1)(dictionary)
gilt(3)(dictionary)
gilt 2, adjective(dictionary)
gilt 1, noun(dictionary)
parcel-gilt(dictionary)
electro-gilt(medicine)

gilt(4) (iou)



gilt ppl adjective. ME.
[pa. pple of GILD verb1: cf. GILDED.]
Gilded.
silver gilt: see SILVER noun & adjective.
Comb. & special collocations: gilt bronze: gilded over fire with a gold-mercury amalgam, used for ornamental work (cf. ORMOLU); gilt-edge adjective & noun (a) adjective = gilt-edged below; (b) noun a gilt-edged security; gilt-edged adjective & noun (a) adjective having a gilt edge or edges; (of a security, esp. British government stock) having a high degree of reliability as an investment; high quality; (b) noun in pl., gilt-edged securities; gilt-head any of several fishes having golden markings on the head; esp. an edible bream, Sparus aurata, of the Mediterranean and eastern Atlantic; gilt spurs arch.: as an emblem of knighthood; gilt-tail any of various yellowish maggots used for trout-fishing; giltwood adjective made of wood and gilded; gilt youth = GILDED youth.