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Gold

noun

Coins made of gold.

A deep yellow color. Synonym: amber. "He admired the gold of her hair"

A soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element; occurs mainly as nuggets in rocks and alluvial deposits; does not react with most chemicals but is attacked by chlorine and aqua regia. Synonyms: atomic number 79, Au.

Great wealth.

Something likened to the metal in brightness or preciousness or superiority etc.. "She has a heart of gold"

adjective

Made from or covered with gold. Synonyms: gilded, golden. "The gold dome of the Capitol" , "The golden calf" , "Gilded icons"

Having the deep slightly brownish color of gold. Synonyms: aureate, gilded, gilt, golden. "A gold carpet"

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... vertical bands of black (hoist), red, and green, with a gold emblem centered on the red band; the emblem features a temple-like structure encircled by a wreath on the left and right and by ...

— The 2007 CIA World Factbook • United States

... a plain gold wedding ring nestling in a white velvet case. Mrs. Welcome uttered a little cry of gladness. She believed in Harvey, who, incidentally, was ...

— Little Lost Sister • Virginia Brooks

... the South American tribes a belief that in a certain far-off country lived a king called El Dorado, the Gilded One. He ruled over a region where gold and precious stones were found in abundance. The story influenced a vast number of adventurers who led expeditions to seek the land of golden treasure; but notwithstanding the fact that their searched most carefully and for long periods, ...

— Sculpture of the Exposition Palaces and Courts • Juliet James

... imbroglio lay an intricate diplomatic history which can be here only briefly recapitulated. The interest of the United States in the Central American States dated from the discovery of gold in California. The value of the control of the means of transportation across the isthmus at Nicaragua became increasingly clear, as the gold seekers sought that route to the Pacific coast. In the ...

— Stephen A. Douglas - A Study in American Politics • Allen Johnson

... of gold-laced surgeons now ascended to the quarter-deck; the second cutter was called away by the bugler, and, one by one, they were dropped aboard ...

— White Jacket - or, the World on a Man-of-War • Herman Melville

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