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®

gilded
     adj 1: having the deep slightly brownish color of gold; "long
            aureate (or golden) hair"; "a gold carpet" [syn: {aureate},
             {gilt}, {gold}, {golden}]
     2: based on pretense; deceptively pleasing; "the gilded and
        perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility"; "meretricious
        praise"; "a meretricious argument" [syn: {meretricious}, {specious}]
     3: rich and superior in quality; "a princely sum"; "gilded
        dining rooms" [syn: {deluxe}, {luxurious}, {opulent}, {princely},
         {sumptuous}]
     4: made from or covered with gold; "gold coins"; "the gold dome
        of the Capitol"; "the golden calf"; "gilded icons" [syn: {gold},
         {golden}]