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Definition of Gildings
1. gilding [n] - See also: gilding
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gildings
Literary usage of Gildings
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of Marie Bashkirtseff by Marie Bashkirtseff, Arthur D. Hall (1913)
"I find more charm in old satins, tarnished gildings, antique pillars and ornaments,
than in trimmings, rich, gaudy, and flaring. A true gentleman will not ..."
2. Quaint Corner of Ancient Empires: Southern India, Burma, and Manila by Michael Myers Shoemaker (1899)
"... dalay—Carvings and gildings—Sleepers and the " Butterfly Spirit "—The Enthroned
Buddha and his Sanctuary—The Tower of Contemplation—Duties of a Monk—His ..."
3. A gazetteer of the Old and New Testaments: to which is added the natural by William Fleming (1838)
"II. thought to be the precise spot on which that Apostle was beheaded ; it is
ornamented with sculpture in white marble, with silver lamps, gildings, ..."
4. The British Prose Writers by William Temple (1821)
"He means, light reflec! objects of nature: but he does not express h for artificial,
as well as natural objects, shine " With the fair gildings of reflected ..."
5. Select Works of Mr. A. Cowley by Abraham Cowley, Richard Hurd, Thomas Sprat (1772)
"I well content the avarice of my fight With the fair gildings of reflected
light [>] : Pleasures abroad, the fport of nature yields Her living fountains, ..."
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