Hi Guys~ please help me undertand this dialogue
It’s very easy to laugh at George IV for gilding everything, when you see something like this, and you realise everything would have been flickering in this amazing candlelight. It gives you an idea of what he was trying to achieve in his interiors It just must have been amazing to see.

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Gliding means make or mould??

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Hi Guys~ please help me undertand this dialogue
It’s very easy to laugh at George IV for gilding everything, when you see something like this, and you realise everything would have been flickering in this amazing candlelight. It gives you an idea of what he 	was trying to achieve in his interiors It just must have been amazing to see.

Of The First line
Gliding means make or mould??

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To gild in this case would mean to coat with a layer of gold. It's essentially a way to make everything look fancy while using less gold than it appears.

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To gild means to cover something with a thin layer of gold.

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