gilded

• "Look for yourself The hands and Roman numerals of the great church clock had only lately been re-gilded, and they seemed to twinkle and blink and point derisively in the bright morning sunshine Oh, I say," cried Glyn, "who could have thought it! —  Glyn Severn's Schooldays
• Every establishment is jewelled, gilded, and electrically lighted; every establishment has an orchestra, most often played by steam and conducted by a stoker; every establishment has a steam--whistle, which shrieks at the beginning and at the end of each round or performance. —  Tales of the Five Towns
• When any one dies, he is carried on a great frame of wood like a tower, having a covering or canopy made of canes all gilded, which is carried by fourteen or sixteen men, preceded by drums, pipes, and other instruments, and being taken to a place out of the town, the body is there burned. —  A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 07
• The whole was gilded, and had a very good effect; but after the dock-yard men had completed the repairs, and the brig was painted, one night the head of the rattlesnake disappeared. —  Peter Simple; and, The Three Cutters, Vol. 1-2
• It was almost like a palace, gilded, and mirrored, and hung with silken curtains. —  The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 64, February, 1863

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