Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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Quotation dates: 1825, 1897
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†GILD, n., v.2
I. n. A clamour, uproar.Fif. 1825 Jam.:
Gild of lauchin, loud laughter.
¶II. v. To make a clamour, to fuss.s.Sc. 1897 E. Hamilton Outlaws 7:
They must needs gild around these brutes, and make heroes of them and weave about them a framework of romance.
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