单词 | regild |
释义 | regildv. transitive. To gild again. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > gilding and silvering > gild and silver [verb (transitive)] > gild overgildOE gildOE gilt?a1400 to paint overa1400 overgilt?a1425 engildc1475 limn1548 deaurate1562 regild1583 begild1600 1583 P. Stubbes Anat. Abuses To Rdr. sig. ¶viiv With their swoords, daggers, and rapiers guilte, and reguilte. a1618 J. Sylvester Iob Triumphant in tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Diuine Weekes & Wks. (1621) 915 And dwels in Houses, rather Townes of late..By Him, re-built, re-gilt, re-glost, re-glas'd. 1658 H. Crompton Pierides 31 Leaving her dear Apollo bright, That still reguilds her horns with light. 1772 Birmingham Counterfeit I. x. 151 The churchwarden, who was a goldsmith..discovered poor Counterfeit; for that part, which Juniper had regilt, was almost wore bare again. 1793 J. Byng Diary 14 July in Torrington Diaries (1936) III. 206 The old coach, made last winter, must be regilt. 1841 F. E. Paget St. Antholin's 3 He neither regilt the weathercock, nor raised the height of his own pew. 1875 Appletons' Jrnl. Jan. 17 I am very particularly anxious that Lord St. George should leave me something wherewith to regild the faded honours of his ancient peerage. 1948 E. Waugh Loved One 32 Dennis Barlow..drove through the Golden Gates. They were vast, the largest in the world, and freshly regilt. 1987 Musical Opinion Feb. 53/2 The corner finials, acanthus leaf design corbels, and other decorations are being regilded to the very high spec of 23¼ carat superieur gold. 1997 New Yorker 28 Apr. 93/1 Such belated success retrospectively regilds the concept of Anglo-French collaboration. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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