ˈgilted, ppl. a. Obs. exc. dial.
Also 6–7 guilted.
[f. gilt v.]
= gilded, gilt ppl. adjs. (in early examples placed after the n.).
| 1460–70 Bk. Quintessence 7 Þerfore vse wiyn or brennynge watir giltid, so þat ȝe may be hool. c 1475 Reg. Gild Corp. Xti. York. (1872) 295 Harnest thorowoute with sternes gylted. c 1507 in Etoniana (1865) 214 Coats of blacke clothe duble garded with gilted leather. 1509 Hawes Past. Pleas. vii. iii, O sterre of famous eloquence, O gylted goddesse of hyghe renowne. 1563 Homilies ii. Idolatry iii. Yy iii b, To spreade vs abroade these goodlye caruen and gylted [1574 gylten, 1582 gilten, 1640 gilden] bookes. 1570 Wills & Inv. N.C. (Surtees 1835) 328 It'm I gyue & bequithe vnto my cosinge John Haveloke my gylted dagger. 1634 Malory's Arthur vii. xv, Their..gilted [1485 gylt] spurs upon their heels. a 1649 Drummond of Hawthornden Poems Wks. (1711) 27 Why, worldlings, do ye..lean to guilted glories which decay? 1877 N.W. Linc. Gloss., Gilted, gilded. ‘His shop's gotten gret gilted letters ower th' door.’ |