Careful Words

gilt (n.)

gilt (adj.)

And give to dust that is a little gilt

More laud than gilt o'er-dusted.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): Troilus and Cressida. Act iii. Sc. 3.

And give to dust that is a little gilt

More laud than gilt o'er-dusted.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): Troilus and Cressida. Act iii. Sc. 3.