Queller had the first variety in gilt, meaning that it is gold-plated, and the second variety in copper. From Wordnik.com. [Queller Collection of Coin Patterns Sells for $8.36 Million (Part 1) : Coin Collecting News] Reference
If you're interested in gilt-edged accuracy, this is the one. From Wordnik.com. [0.308] Reference
BELVOIR: Ah well-a-day for the poor gentlemen in gilt coaches. From Wordnik.com. [The Beau Defeated: or, The Lucky Younger Brother] Reference
Long term gilt funds 'investor base reduced to 27,848 from 26,809 last month. From Wordnik.com. Reference
So if a medium-term gilt yields 3\%, my expected return on shares might be more like. From Wordnik.com. [MoneyWeek RSS - All] Reference
We now have our special committee, and our room, with "Woman Suffrage" in gilt letters, over the door. From Wordnik.com. [Eighty Years and More: Reminiscences 1815-1897] Reference
It requires the income derived from £2,000 in gilt edged securities to maintain a family in idleness. From Wordnik.com. [Population Problems] Reference
gilts are bonds issued by the Government and backed by the nation, giving them the name gilt-edged or 'gilts'. From Wordnik.com. [This is Money | Home]
The originals hung in gilt frames in the grandest museums in the world, and tourists made pilgrimages to see them. From Wordnik.com. [Excerpt: The Rescue Artist by Edward Dolnick] Reference
That gentleman puts upon the back of his books the letters very much bolder than brass, in gilt, "Canada as It Is.". From Wordnik.com. [Some Conditions in Australia] Reference
Spain, while cut in gilt letters on a black plate, just a little nearer the edge of the building, is the inscription. From Wordnik.com. [Six Months in Mexico] Reference
Home-made chocolate truffles and amandines – an almond sweet – sit in gilt bowls, and slices of summer fruit glow gently in glass. From Wordnik.com. [Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » Ghosts of Christmas Past] Reference
Some days ago coloured cards, printed in gilt letters, were sent round, inviting all the senator's friends to the mass, in this form: –. From Wordnik.com. [Life in Mexico, During a Residence of Two Years in That Country] Reference
It was a heavy, leather-bound folio, the spine facing the audience, with the title The Rime of the Ancient Mariner etched in gilt onto it. From Wordnik.com. [EXCLUSIVE EXCERPT 2/5: The Bookman by Lavie Tidhar] Reference
Hence, they are called gilt-edged securities, or gilts for short. From Wordnik.com. [Latest Articles] Reference
A wine pitcher one and a half feet tall shows the revels of Bacchus in gilt. From Wordnik.com. [The Curse of the Sevso Silver] Reference
In the midst of this task Joe glanced at the firm-name gilt-lettered on the face of it, and read. From Wordnik.com. [The Cruise of the "Dazzler"] Reference
In 1917, the British government issued bonds - known as gilt for the gold edging - at 5\% interest. From Wordnik.com. [Sir Robert Bond Papers] Reference
These stocks and bills, known as gilt-edged securities, or gilts, are essentially elaborate forms of government IOU. From Wordnik.com. [The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed] Reference
Consolidated isn't what you'd call gilt edged just now, and the corners are knocked off our reputation as business men. From Wordnik.com. [The Rapids] Reference
A gilt is a female hog that has not yet been bred or given birth to piglets and a barrow is a castrated male, Langemeier said. From Wordnik.com. [The Gazette-Enterprise: News] Reference
The gilt is fading, and the base looks frail. From Wordnik.com. [Royal Harp] Reference
The whole framed in gilt. From Wordnik.com. [Rockin' babies and finally done with the class] Reference
Medieval Bodhisattva in gilt-bronze. From Wordnik.com. [What Is Wrong with Loving Canada?] Reference
There was every kind of gilt hanging-thing, from gilt pea-pods to butterflies on springs. From Wordnik.com. [The Peterkin Papers] Reference
The title was gilt stamped on the book’s spine—The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantis Prophecy] Reference
They sold a great many kinds of seed, too, in wooden bowls, and cakes and good things to eat, such as gilt gingerbread. From Wordnik.com. [Mopsa the Fairy] Reference
Votive offerings consisted in gilt images of the object, and one king dedicated as many as thirty golden ( "gilt") statues on one occasion. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock] Reference
His house, on His red drugget, in His gilt armchair. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
The furniture, of gilt wood and Genoese velvet, looks very bright. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Before a very small table surrounded with gilt armchairs stood Louis. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Wall sconces and candlelight gilded everything that wasn't gilt to begin with. From Wordnik.com. [Lips that Touch Liquor: The Gin Buck] Reference
Baroque art typically brings to mind rosy-thighed cherubs, zaftig goddesses and gilt. From Wordnik.com. [Reinventing Baroque] Reference
In one corner of the dining room stood the great tree, radiant with gilt and silver ornaments. From Wordnik.com. [Grace Harlowe's Senior Year at High School] Reference
Yes, and I had to sell my gilt-edged books from the Lycee Charlemagne in the days of distress. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Glass staircases are out; polished wood wine cellars, hand-painted fabrics and gilt mirrors are in. From Wordnik.com. [The End Of Minimalism] Reference
Al-Obeidi sits in his once luxurious living room, its gilt-trimmed furniture shrouded with sheets and old drapes. From Wordnik.com. [A Year On, 'Everyone Is Torn'] Reference
No one doubts that many gays and lesbians, attracted by the church's "gilt without guilt" atmosphere, have joined the Episcopal clergy. From Wordnik.com. [A Bishop In The Dock] Reference
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