Gilding

n. thin layer of gold; act of covering with gold leaf

v. cover with a thin layer of gold; make golden; decorate, embellish, give the appearance of beauty to (especially in order to deceive)

Gilding is the art of applying metal leaf (most commonly gold or silver leaf) to a surface. This art was known to the ancients. According to Herodotus, the Egyptians were accustomed to gilding wood and metals; and gilding by means of gold plates is frequently mentioned in the Old Testament. Pliny the Elder informs us that the first gilding seen at Rome was after the destruction of Carthage, under the censorship of Lucius Mummius, when the Romans began to gild the ceilings of their temples and palaces, the Capitol being the first place on which this process was used. But he adds that luxury advanced on them so rapidly that in very little time you might see all, even private and poor people, gild the walls, vaults, and other parts of their dwellings. Owing to the comparative thickness of the gold leaf used in ancient gilding, the traces of it which yet remain are remarkably brilliant and solid.
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Noun
1. a coating of gold or of something that looks like gold
(synonym) gilt
(hypernym) coating, coat
(derivation) gild, begild, engild

Noun
1. a formal association of people with similar interests; "he joined a golf club"; "they formed a small lunch society"; "men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen today"
(synonym) club, society, guild, lodge, order
(hypernym) association
(hyponym) athenaeum, atheneum
(member-meronym) club member
Verb
1. decorate with, or as if with, gold leaf or liquid gold
(synonym) begild, engild
(hypernym) decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify
(derivation) gilder

(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Gild
  

     gliding