Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Gild \Gild\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gilded} or {Gilt} (?); p. pr.
   & vb. n. {Gilding}.] [AS. gyldan, from gold gold. [root]234.
   See {Gold}.]
   1. To overlay with a thin covering of gold; to cover with a
      golden color; to cause to look like gold. ``Gilded
      chariots.'' --Pope.

            No more the rising sun shall gild the morn. --Pope.

   2. To make attractive; to adorn; to brighten.

            Let oft good humor, mild and gay, Gild the calm
            evening of your day.                  --Trumbull.

   3. To give a fair but deceptive outward appearance to; to
      embellish; as, to gild a lie. --Shak.

   4. To make red with drinking. [Obs.]

            This grand liquior that hath gilded them. --Shak.

Source : WordNet®

gild
     n : 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" [syn: {club}, {society}, {guild}, {lodge}, {order}]
     [also: {gilt}]

gild
     v : decorate with, or as if with, gold leaf or liquid gold [syn:
          {begild}, {engild}]
     [also: {gilt}]