gild¹ /gild/

1. To cover or overlay with gold or with any gold-like substance
2. To gloss over, give a specious appearance to
3. To adorn with lustre
4. To smear with blood (obsolete)
5. To flush, redden, suffuse with colour (obsolete)
6. To supply with gold or money (obsolete)

gildˈer noun

A person who coats articles with gold

gildˈing noun

1. The task or trade of a gilder
2. Gold or imitation gold laid on a surface

Gilded Chamber noun

The House of Lords

gilded spurs plural noun

An emblem of knighthood

gilded youth noun

Rich young people of fashion

gild the lily see under lily

gild the pill

To make a disagreeable thing seem less so

guild or gild /gild/

1. An association for mutual aid
2. A corporation
3. A medieval association looking after common (esp trading) interests, providing mutual support and protection, and masses for the dead (historical)
4. The hall or meeting-place of a guild (obsolete; Spenser gyeld)
5. A group of plants distinguished by their way of life (eg saprophytes, or parasites; ecology)

guildˈry noun (Scot)

1. The corporation of a royal burgh
2. Membership of it (obsolete)

guildˈ-brother noun

A fellow member of a guild

guildˈhall noun

1. The hall of a guild
2. A town hall

guildsˈman noun

A male member of a guild

Guild Socialism noun

A form of socialism that would make trade unions or guilds the authority for industrial matters

guildsˈwoman noun

A female member of a guild

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