Part 4802

<h1>Gilt</h1> <Xpage=625>

<hw>Gilt</hw>, <tt>p. p. & a.</tt> <def>Gilded; covered with gold; of the color of gold; golden yellow.</def> "<i>Gilt</i> hair"

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Gilt</h1> <Xpage=625>

<hw>Gilt</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Gold, or that which resembles gold, laid on the surface of a thing; gilding.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Money.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "The <i>gilt</i> of France."

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Gilt-edge, Gilt-edged</h1> <Xpage=625>

<hw><hw>Gilt"-edge`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Gilt"-edged`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Having a gilt edge; <as>as, <ex>gilt-edged</ex> paper</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Of the best quality; -- said of negotiable paper, etc.</def> <mark>[Slang, U. S.]</mark>

<h1>Gilthead</h1> <Xpage=625>

<hw>Gilt"head`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A marine fish</def>. The name is applied to two species: <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The <spn>Pagrus, &or; Chrysophrys, auratus</spn>, a valuable food fish common in the Mediterranean (so named from its golden-colored head); -- called also <altname>giltpoll</altname></def>. <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The <spn>Crenilabrus melops</spn>, of the British coasts; -- called also <altname>golden maid</altname>, <altname>conner</altname>, <altname>sea partridge</altname>.</def>

<h1>Giltif</h1> <Xpage=625>

<hw>Gilt"if</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[For <ets>gilti</ets>, by confusion with <ets>-if</ets>, <ets>-ive</ets>, in French forms. See <er>Guilty</er>.]</ety> <def>Guilty.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Gilttail</h1> <Xpage=625>

<hw>Gilt"tail`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A yellow-tailed worm or larva.</def>

<h1>Gim</h1> <Xpage=625>

<hw>Gim</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Gimp</er>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety> <def>Neat; spruce.</def> <mark>[Prov.]</mark>

<mhw><h1>Gimbal, &or; Gimbals</h1> <Xpage=625>

<hw>Gim"bal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, &or; <hw>Gim"bals</hw> <tt>(<?/)</tt></mhw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Gimmal</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <def>A contrivance for permitting a body to incline freely in all directions, or for suspending anything, as a barometer, ship's compass, chronometer, etc., so that it will remain plumb, or level, when its support is tipped, as by the rolling of a ship. It consists of a ring in which the body can turn on an axis through a diameter of the ring, while the ring itself is so pivoted to its support that it can turn about a diameter at right angles to the first.</def>

<cs><col>Gimbal joint</col> <fld>(Mach.)</fld>, <cd>a universal joint embodying the principle of the gimbal.</cd> -- <col>Gimbal ring</col>, <cd>a single gimbal, as that by which the cockeye of the upper millstone is supported on the spindle.</cd></cs>

<h1>Gimblet</h1> <Xpage=625>

<hw>Gim"blet</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. & v.</tt> <def>See <er>Gimlet</er>.</def>

<h1>Gimcrack</h1> <Xpage=625>

<hw>Gim"crack`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE., a spruce and pert pretender, also, a spruce girl, prob. fr. <ets>gim + crack</ets> lad, boaster.]</ety> <def>A trivial mechanism; a device; a toy; a pretty thing.</def>

<i>Arbuthnot.</i>