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Overgild :: Overgild (v. t.) To gild over; to varnish.

Were :: Were (n.) A fine for slaying a man; the money value set upon a man's life; weregild.

Checklaton :: Checklaton (n.) Gilded leather.

Gild :: Gild (v. t.) To make attractive; to adorn; to brighten.

Gild :: Gild (v. t.) To overlay with a thin covering of gold; to cover with a golden color; to cause to look like gold.

Gelt :: Gelt (n.) Gilding; tinsel.

Tarnish :: Tarnish (a.) To soil, or change the appearance of, especially by an alternation induced by the air, or by dust, or the like; to diminish, dull, or destroy the luster of; to sully; as, to tarnish a metal; to tarnish gilding; to tarnish the purity of color..

Size :: Size (v. i.) Any viscous substance, as gilder's varnish..

Tip :: Tip (n.) A thin, boarded brush made of camel's hair, used by gilders in lifting gold leaf..

Gild :: Gild (v. t.) To give a fair but deceptive outward appearance to; to embellish; as, to gild a lie..

Regild :: Regild (v. t.) To gild anew.

Begilded :: Begilded (imp. & p. p.) of Begil.

Inaurate :: Inaurate (a.) Covered with gold; gilded.

Cushion :: Cushion (n.) a pad on which gilders cut gold lea.

Tarnish :: Tarnish (v. i.) To lose luster; to become dull; as, gilding will tarnish in a foul air..

Matting :: Matting (n.) A dull, lusterless surface in certain of the arts, as gilding, metal work, glassmaking, etc..

Gilden :: Gilden (a.) Gilded.

Octogild :: Octogild (n.) A pecuniary compensation for an injury, of eight times the value of the thing..

Weregild :: Weregild (n.) The price of a man's head; a compensation paid of a man killed, partly to the king for the loss of a subject, partly to the lord of a vassal, and partly to the next of kin. It was paid by the murderer..

Matted :: Matted (a.) Having a dull surface; unburnished; as, matted gold leaf or gilding..

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