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ˈparcel-gilt, a. (n.)
Forms: see parcel n. and gilt ppl. a.; and 7 Sc. persyall gylt, erron. partial-gilt.
[f. parcel n. B + gilt ppl. a.]
Partly gilded; esp. of silver ware, as bowls, cups, etc., having the inner surface gilt. a. In participial construction, after the substantive. (Usually as two words.)
1465in Heath Grocers' Comp. (1869) 424, ii Basens and ij ewers of sylver parcell gylte. 1482Marg. Paston Will in Lett. III. 286 My standing cuppe chased parcell gilt. 1546Inv. Ch. Goods Yorksh., etc. (Surtees) 87 Juelles all gylte..juelles, parcell gylte. 1604Deed of Mortif., Arbuthnot of that Ilk (Jam.), Twa fair syluer salt fattis, ane dubill ourgilt, maid in the stypell fessone, the other on the bel fassone persyall gylt. 1884Knight Dict. Mech. Suppl., Parcel-gilt. Meaning partly gilt. Silver ware gilt inside.
b. In attributive construction (hyphened).
1576Baker Jewell of Health 101 b, Into which if you put parsyll or doubble gylt cuppes or pottes, the Sylver shortly after wyll be dissolved. 1597Shakes. 2 Hen. IV, ii. i. 94. 1620 R. Brathwait Five Senses in Archaica (1815) II. 12 Desiring rather a direction in her way to eternity, than to have partial-gilt corruption her best solicitor in this vale of misery. 1894Times 7 Apr. 9 Art Sales... A parcel-gilt beaker, engraved with scroll, foliage, and strap ornament.
c. quasi-n. Parcel-gilt ware. Also fig.
1610B. Jonson Alch. iii. ii, Or changing His parcell guilt to massie gold. 1614C. Brooke Ghost Rich. III, Poems (1872) 60 Fortune's fauorites, Whose percell guylt, my touch will not endure.
So ˈparcel-gilder, parcel-gilding.
1867A. Barry Sir C. Barry ii. 55 Parcel-gilding was gaudy. 1884B'ham Daily Post 23 Feb. 3/4 Advertisem., Wanted, an experienced Parcel Gilder and Oxydiser. |