GILD

gild. Gild, [g hard] v.t. gilded, gilt, pret. gilded, gilt, pa. to wash over with gold &c. adorn, set off

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Gild (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gilded or Gilt (�); p. pr. & vb. n. Gilding.] [[AS. gyldan, from gold gold. √234. See Gold.]] 1. 1. To overlay with a thin covering of gold; to cover with a golden color; to cause to look like gold. “Gilded chariots.” Pope.
No more the rising sun shall gild the morn. Pope. 2. 2. To make attractive; to adorn; to brighten.
Let oft good humor, mild and gay, Gild the calm evening of your day. Trumbull. 3. 3. To give a fair but deceptive outward appearance to; to embellish; as, to gild a lie. Shak.
4. 4. To make red with drinking.
This grand liquior that hath gilded them. Shak.