† ˈgilten, a. north. and Sc. Obs.
Also 6 gilting.
[Prob. due to a confusion between gilt and gilden.]
Gilt, gilded; golden.
| c 1400 Melayne 1098 Many lay stekede vndir stedis In gilten gere. a 1400–50 Alexander 3456 Þai gone agraythen vp þaire gods on gilten segis. 1501 Douglas Pal. Hon. i. x, A diademe maist plesandlie polite, Set on the tressis of her giltin hair. 1513 ― æneis vii. iii. 82 With fyry sparkis, lyke to goldin bemys Or twynkland sprayngis with thair giltin glemys. 1539 Inv. R. Wardr. (1815) 53 Twa harnessingis of grene reid and quhite velvett with gilting bukkillis. 1574–82 [see gilted, quot. 1563]. |