gild

Etymology 1

From Middle English gilden, gulden, from Old English gyldan (“to gild, to cover with a thin layer of gold”), from Proto-West Germanic *gulþijan, from Proto-Germanic *gulþijaną, from Proto-Germanic *gulþą (“gold”).

verb

1. (transitive) To cover with a thin layer of gold; to cover with gold leaf.
2. (transitive) To adorn.
3. (transitive, cooking) To decorate with a golden surface appearance.
   Gild the entire outside with beaten egg yolk, and sprinkle it with grated parmesan. 2008, Ivan P. Day, Cooking in Europe, 1650-1850, page 98
4. (transitive) To give a bright or pleasing aspect to.
5. (transitive) To make appear drunk.

Etymology 2

noun

1. Obsolete spelling of guild
   No trade gild might be started without the consent of the whole body of hanasters, who would insist that the regulations were not harmful to the burgesses as a whole; […] 1920, H. E. Salter, Munimenta Civitatis Oxonie, volume 71, page xxviii