Gilt - What does it mean?
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has no English definition.
(uncountable) Gold or other metal in a thin layer; gilding.
(uncountable, slang) Money.
(countable, finance) A security issued by the Bank of England (see gilt-edged)
Golden coloured.
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is likely misspelled.
has no English definition.
As a noun gilt
is gold or other metal in a thin layer; gilding.As an adjective gilt
is golden coloured.As a verb gilt
is past tense of gild.gilt
English
Etymology 1
Cf. gold and German GeldNoun
(en-noun)Adjective
(en adjective)Mr. Pratt's Patients, passage=The Jones man was looking at her hard. Now he reached into the hatch of his vest and fetched out a couple of cigars, everlasting big ones, with gilt bands on them.}}