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]