gild
“the faces of the grooms withal, For it must seem their guilt—
I'll”
MACBETH, ii. 2. 56
(with a quibble on gild andguilt );
“gilt with Frenchmen's blood,”
KING JOHN, ii. 1. 316.
“To gild any thing
with blood is a very common phrase in the old plays”
(STEEVENS)
.
“At this we shall not be surprised, if we recollect that gold
was popularly and very generally styled red.”
Nares's Gloss.;
and see golden blood, etc.
A General Glossary to Shakespeare's Works. Alexander Dyce. Boston. Dana Estes and Company. 1904.
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