What does "gilt" mean?
Gilt: Gold, or that which resembles gold, laid on the surface of a thing; gilding. Shak.
Additional senses
- 2.Money. [Obs.] "The gilt of France." Shak.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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