GILT

n. p.

5 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A female pig, when young.

2.
n.

imp. & p. p. of Gild.

3.
p.

Gilded; covered with gold; of the color of gold; golden yellow. "Gilt hair" Chaucer.

4.
n.

Gold, or that which resembles gold, laid on the surface of a thing; gilding. Shak.

5.
n.

Money. [Obs.] "The gilt of France." Shak.