Associations to the word «Gilt»

Wiktionary

GILT, noun. (uncountable) Gold or other metal in a thin layer; gilding.
GILT, noun. (uncountable) (slang) Money.
GILT, noun. (countable) (finance) A security issued by the Bank of England (see gilt-edged)
GILT, adjective. Golden coloured.
GILT, noun. A young female pig, at or nearing the age of first breeding.
GILT, verb. Simple past tense and past participle of gild

Dictionary definition

GILT, noun. A coating of gold or of something that looks like gold.
GILT, adjective. Having the deep slightly brownish color of gold; "long aureate (or golden) hair"; "a gold carpet".

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King