gild
verb (used with object)
to coat with gold, gold leaf, or a gold-colored substance.
have gilt
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present perfectof gild.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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She's always said she was goin' to have gilt paper and marble tops and electric blue plush upholstered furniture.
From An Alabaster Box by Stockton Mulford
His cigars have gilt papers around them, and I know as well as I want to they're cheap; I know a cent apiece is a much as he pays.
From The Shoulders of Atlas A Novel by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
My goode fader, tell therfore, Of Ydelnesse if I have gilt.
From Confessio Amantis, or, Tales of the Seven Deadly Sins by G. C. (George Campbell) Macaulay
The doors of the principal entrance are painted red, and have gilt hinges fashioned in the shape of rampant lions spreading over nearly their entire surface.
From Rides on Railways by Samuel Sidney
Of forß ȝhone folk ſal tak one them the flycht: Wharffor, madem, that ȝhe have gilt to mend, 3016 My conſell is one to ȝhon knycht ȝe ſend.”
From Lancelot of the Laik A Scottish Metrical Romance by Walter W. (Walter William) Skeat
