Word Finder - gilt

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To cover with a thin layer of gold; to cover with gold leaf.

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To adorn.

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To decorate with a golden surface appearance.

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To give a bright or pleasing aspect to.

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To make appear drunk.

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Gold or other metal in a thin layer; gilding.

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Money.

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A security issued by the Bank of England (see gilt-edged)

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A gilded object, an object covered with gold.

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Golden coloured.

It is highly ornamented with gilt and stucco.

Blue cloth binding with gilt lettering; light wear on edges.

At each angle is a freestanding gilt bronze statuette of an allegorical female figure.

Contemporary black leather over brown cloth, lined in gilt; raised bands on spine; marbled endpapers; all edges marbled endpapers; all edges marbled.

Full leather red morocco, richly decorated front cover, rear cover and spine in gilt.

It held more than three quarts, and was of oriental porcelain, painted and gilt.

This Code sets out standards of best practice for gilt repo.

Painted with pink ribbon tied swags of gilt barley ears and gilt dentil rims.

The door of two leaves, with its posts and lintel, is of silver gilt.

Framed pieces are presented in bespoke ash framing sometimes incorporating a gilt slip inlay.

At the same time he also gave the City its magnificent silver gilt mace.

Original pale blue cloth, blocked with figure of Tahitian woman in gilt; publisher's patterned endpapers.

Original green cloth, blocked in black on front board (gilt on spine ), brown endpapers.

The Mace The Town's Mace is made of silver gilt.

However, these are spreads of corporate bonds over the benchmark gilt or treasury bill for the relevant maturity.

This is a handsome silver gilt standing Cup, or " Loving Cup " .

The reason is that it is all but inevitable that there will be sizeable gilt issues coming along for the foreseeable future.

Further information The injection of PG 600 into a pregnant sow or gilt will fail to produce heat and will not cause abortion.

This is because the individual is older and receive a higher income or if the gilt yields have fallen, a lower income.

Another stand supplied by us was awarded a silver gilt medal.

In the late 1700s, using an andiron made of gilt bronze to build your fire was considered a sign of wealth.

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Both the male and female dinner jackets are fully lined and have removable Navy gilt buttons.

Over it rose a dome entirely covered with gold, with two minarets at the sides, likewise gilt all over.

The tomb was opened in 1 774, and on the king's head was found an imitation crown of tin or latten gilt, with trefoils rising from its upper edge.

The interiors are gilt, often furnished with detachable plates and sometimes set with brilliants.

The smaller.specimens are quite plain, but the larger ones are gilt and generally of a highly ornamental character.

Their lofty gilt domes and fanciful network or arabesque tracery are partly in ruins, and the mosques attached to them are also partly ruined.

In the centre stands the palace, a group of wooden buildings, many of them highly carved and gilt, resting on a brick platform 900 ft.

The decoration of some of the rooms is gorgeous, the walls being covered in part with mosaics and in part with carved work, while the ceilings are rich in arabesque ornaments, elaborately gilt.

A stitched in silk bookmark and a black cloth slipcase with further silver gilt lettering completed the package.

The artifact captioned as the Maltby brooch is actually a gilt bronze buckle with garnets from East Boldon, Tyne and Wear.

There is also a 13 th century gilt pulpit.

Pope Leo XII gave a silver gilt chalice in recognition of his service to the Papacy; this is now at Blair's Museum.

Between the windows, there are gilt and ' pietra dura ' console tables with late 17th century Genoese carved and gilt supporting figures.

Original pale green cloth, blocked in gilt; decorated endpapers, top edge gilt.

Original gray cloth, blocked with art-nouveau design in green, black and gilt, green flower-patterned endpapers, all edges gilt.

Contemporary black leather over brown cloth, lined in gilt; raised bands on spine; marbled endpapers; all edges marbled.

Original royal blue cloth, heavily blocked in gilt; yellow endpapers.

Original green cloth; blocked border in black and sprig of leaves in gilt on front board and spine; leaf-patterned endpapers.

The figures of Christ and the Apostles are in silver relief, set against a background of copper gilt.

Original cream colored cloth, blocked with figure of girl in gilt; top edge gilt; integral silk bookmark.

Each copy is housed in a black slipcase, again with gilt lettering to the front, stating ' Limited Edition.

Comes in a dark green hardcover slipcase embossed with gilt and a certificate of authenticity.

The nurse lit the gilt candles before the icons and sat down by the door with her knitting.

Then he would turn away to the portrait of his dead Lise, who with hair curled a la grecque looked tenderly and gaily at him out of the gilt frame.

With knee deep duvets and gilt bathrooms and its own Bar, run by the charismatic Ben, with fresh seafood prepared to order.

Original green cloth, decorated with shamrock design, blocked blind on front board, blocked in gilt on spine.

Then take two suspended gilt pith balls and touch them (a) both against one tray; they will be found to repel each other; (b) touch one against one tray and the other against the other tray, and they will be found to attract each other.

Thus at Athens the Thesmothetae (perhaps all the archons) made a vow that, should they break any law, they would dedicate a life-size gilt statue in the temple at Delphi.