单词 | silver gilt |
释义 | silver giltn. 1. a. Gilt silver or silverware. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > gilding and silvering > [noun] > gilding > articles silver gilt1422 gilta1475 parcel-gilt1612 1422 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 50 Also I bequeth to Ionet Knolles a stondyng cuppe of siluer gilte couered. 1487 Will of Elizabeth Poynings in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 211 A playn standing cupp of siluer gilt. 1533 Act 24 Hen. VIII c. 13 No man shall weare..any maner aglettes, buttons, broches of golde or silver gilte. 1583 P. Stubbes Second Pt. Anat. Abuses sig. D8v Some will not sticke to sell you siluer gilt for gold. 1684 J. Evelyn Diary (1955) IV. 399 Covered with Chaines of silver gilt. 1844 A. P. de Lisle in E. S. Purcell Life & Lett. A. P. de Lisle (1900) I. vii. 123 In the sacristy is the shrine of St. Engelbert made of silver gilt. 1886 Guide Exhib. Galleries Brit. Mus. 180 A group of horsemen and prostrate figure, beaten out in silver gilt. Found at Perugia. b. attributive or as adj. Made of silver gilt. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > gilding and silvering > [adjective] > gilded > made of silver gilt silver-gilted1561 silver gilt1705 1705 London Gaz. No. 4099/1 The Envoy was served in Silver-Gilt Plate. 1842 S. Lover Handy Andy xlvii He sported a silver-gilt snuff-box which was presented to him. 1895 L. F. W. Jewitt & W. H. St.J. Hope Corporation Plate I. 240 The earliest pieces in point of date are the magnificent silver-gilt rose~water dish and ewer. 2. An imitation of gilding, consisting of silver-foil varnished with a yellow lacquer. ΚΠ 1891 in Cent. Dict. DerivativesΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > gilding and silvering > [adjective] > gilded > made of silver gilt silver-gilted1561 silver gilt1705 1561 Will of Martin Bisset (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/44) f. 95 My silver gilted caul with chains. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < |
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