gilt (n.)

  1. a coating of gold or of something that looks like gold

    [ Syn: gilding ]

    gilt (adj.)

  1. having the deep slightly brownish color of gold; long aureate (or golden) hair; a gold carpet

    [ Syn: aureate , gilded , gold , golden ]

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