gild


gild (http://definr.com/gild)

     n : a formal association of people with similar interests; "he
         joined a golf club"; "they formed a small lunch society";
         "men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen
         today" [syn: club, society, guild, lodge, order]
     v : decorate with, or as if with, gold leaf or liquid gold [syn:
          begild, engild]