guilder
noun
- monetary unit
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈɡɪldə/ / /ˈɡɪldɚ/
noun
- Obsolete spelling of gilder (“one who gilds”).
“A lady ſhould, indeed, ſtudie her face, when wee thinke ſhee ſleepes: nor, when the dores are ſhut, ſhould men bee inquiring, all is ſacred within, then. [...] you ſee guilders will not worke, but inclos'd. They muſt not diſcouer, how little ſerues, with the helpe of art, to adorne a great deale.”