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单词 parcel-gilt
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parcel-giltadj.n.

Brit. /ˈpɑːslˌɡɪlt/, U.S. /ˈpɑrs(ə)lˌɡɪlt/
Forms: see parcel n., adv., and adj. and gilt adj.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: parcel adv., gilt adj.
Etymology: < parcel adv. + gilt adj. Compare post-classical Latin parcella deauratus (1431 in a British source).
A. adj. Of an item of furniture, silverware, etc.: partly gilded, esp. on the inner surface only.
1. Used as postmodifier (frequently as two words).
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > gilding and silvering > [adjective] > gilded
gildedOE
giltc1330
ygilt1340
gilteda1400
gold-hewna1400
gold-beatenc1400
gold-beata1413
overgilta1425
parcel-gilt1453
party-gilt1469
begilded1594
inaurated1623
parcela1625
begilta1637
water-gilt1707
inaurate1855
1453 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1855) II. 189 (MED) Item, ij pottis of silver potellers, parcell gilt.
?1484 Will of Margaret Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 387 My standing cuppe chased parcell gilt.
1546 in W. Page Inventories Church Goods York, Durham & Northumberland (1897) 87 Juelles all gylte..juelles, parcell gylte.
1573 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1878) 1st Ser. II. 269 Twa silver saltfattis, ane thairof partiall gilt with gold.
1604 Deed 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.
a1687 Declar. Acct. George Franclyn in F. H. Cripps-Day Fragmenta Armamentaria (1945) I. iv. 96 Stirrup irons parcel gilt and engraven... Mainfer white parcel gilt.
1780 T. Warton Life Sir T. Pope 129 An holy-water-stop and aspergoire of silver parcel-gilt.
1849 D. Rock Church our Fathers I. i. iv. 306 Bound in plates of silver parcel-gilt.
1892 R. L. Stevenson & L. Osbourne Wrecker i. 23 You have crossed the States, so that in all likelihood you have seen the head of it, parcel-gilt and curiously fluted.
1970 N. Pevsner Cambridgeshire (Buildings of Eng.) (ed. 2) 91 Bowl of a Tazza, parcel gilt.
1993 B. Mukherjee Holder of World (1994) 120 There were carved rectangular center tables veneered with maple wood and parcel gilt.
2. In attributive use (usually with hyphen). Also figurative.
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1576 G. Baker tr. C. Gesner Newe Jewell of Health ii. f. 101v Into which if you put parsyll or doubble gylt cuppes or pottes, the Syluer shortlye after wyll bee dyssolued.
1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 ii. i. 89 Thou didst sweare to me vpon a parcell guilt goblet. View more context for this quotation
1620 R. Brathwait Ess. 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.
1668 W. Davenant Rivals iv. 39 This entertainment's parcel-gilt, made up Of various Diversion.
1857 Putnam's Monthly Mag. Aug. 236/1 The variety of drinking-cups were in measure and fashion almost endless... Ale-bowls, wassail-bowls, parcel-gilt goblets, court-dishes, tankards, and cans.
1894 Times 7 Apr. 9 Art Sales... A parcel-gilt beaker, engraved with scroll, foliage, and strap ornament.
1917 J. B. Cabell Cream of Jest iv. iii. 162 Gold, silver and parcel-gilt plate to the value of £1,188.
1989 Apollo Mar. 74/1 (advt.) Elizabethan parcel-gilt Tazza, London 1571.
B. n.
Parcel-gilt ware. Also figurative.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > gilding and silvering > [noun] > gilding > articles
silver gilt1422
gilta1475
parcel-gilt1612
1612 B. Jonson Alchemist iii. ii. sig. F4v Or changing His parcell guilt, to massy Gold. View more context for this quotation
1614 C. Brooke Ghost Richard III i. iv. sig. B1v Fortunes Fauorites; Whose percell guylt, my Touch will not endure.
1856 E. Arnold Griselda i. i Methinks I have more skill at merchant-craft, Than for gay goods of parcel-gilt to give Mine own unpolished gold.
1873 Appleton's Jrnl. 7 June 748/3 Drinking incredible quantities of beer at every meal—out of pewter mugs, if they had nothing better; out of silver and parcel-gilt, when they could afford it.
1988 R. Feild & C. Dale Which? Guide to buying Antiques (rev. ed.) 153/1 Parcel-gilt... Partially gilded silverware.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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