What's the difference between gilt and hilt?

Gilt


Definition:

  • () of Gild
  • (v. t.) A female pig, when young.
  • () imp. & p. p. of Gild.
  • (p. p. & a.) Gilded; covered with gold; of the color of gold; golden yellow.
  • (n.) Gold, or that which resembles gold, laid on the surface of a thing; gilding.
  • (n.) Money.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) An unexpected result of the Greek crisis has been a flight of capital into British government bonds, which has seen gilt prices fall.
  • (2) The litter size of vaccinated gilts was larger than that of the control gilts.
  • (3) Gilts that had already reached sexual maturity at the time of insemination showed a higher rate of oestrus and better litter size than immature animals.
  • (4) On Days 12-14 each gilt received twice daily infusions of Day 15 pCSP in one uterine horn and SP in the other uterine horn.
  • (5) Muscle glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase activity was reduced 75% in vitamin B-6-deficient gilts.
  • (6) However, antiviral activity was undetectable in medium conditioned by endometrium from one of the Day-12 gilts.
  • (7) However, financial markets seem unconcerned: 10-year gilts have rallied since the statement.
  • (8) The influence of embryos on growth of the uterus was determined by comparing uterine length, weight and diameter between gravid and nongravid horns within unilaterally pregnant gilts.
  • (9) The effects of exogenous oestradiol-17 beta on blood leukocytes were studied in four ovariectomized gilts.
  • (10) Control gilts given saline had ovaries containing antral follicles (4 to 6 mm in diameter).
  • (11) Relaxin stored in luteal cells of hysterectomized gilts was consistently greater (P less than 0.01) than that during the same days of late pregnancy; however, progesterone was greater (P less than 0.01) in hysterectomized compared with pregnant gilts only on day 116.
  • (12) Three gilts that were given zearalenone on PMD 7 to 10 were not pregnant and had regressing corpora lutea on the ovaries at euthanasia.
  • (13) Each uterine horn in treated gilts (N = 5) was infused with 150 micrograms PGE2 in 3 ml of saline at 0900 h on day 12, 15 and 18 of the estrous cycle.
  • (14) It was concluded that puberty may have been attained when a certain BF or fatness was achieved, because growth rate of restricted-fed gilts and quickly growing gilts with ad libitum access to feed may have been associated with reduced fat deposition.
  • (15) The effect of ovarian steroids on the uterine secretion of ir-MENK was examined by measuring ir-MENK in uterine fluids from cyclic and pregnant gilts as well as ovariectomized, ovarian steroid-treated gilts.
  • (16) A corn-soybean meal diet fed to all gilts was formulated to meet or exceed nutrient requirements except for energy.
  • (17) At slaughter, uterine length (P less than 0.05), uterine weight, width of uterine horns, endometrial surface area, endometrial weight and percentage of uterine weight represented by endometrium was greater (P less than 0.01) for Large White gilts.
  • (18) This study provides strong evidence that purified pPRL maintains both relaxin and progesterone secretion as well as the morphology of aging corpora lutea for at least 10 days after hypophysectomy in hysterectomized gilts.
  • (19) Receptor number was greater for M than for P gilts on d 14 (P less than .07) and d 18 (P less than .01).
  • (20) Thirty-four gilts in two experiments were fed altrenogest for 18 d to block spontaneous growth of ovulatory follicles after luteolysis.

Hilt


Definition:

  • (n.) A handle; especially, the handle of a sword, dagger, or the like.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The claw of a hammer was placed beneath the hilt of the knife for additional leverage, and the weapon was thereupon successfully removed.
  • (2) The magnificent bronze Beaune Dirk is a princely dagger, but could not have been intended for practical use: the blade was never sharpened, nor the end drilled to attach a wooden hilt.
  • (3) Analyse what we do best and invest in our talents to the hilt.
  • (4) This man’s “private life” is subsidised to the hilt by the taxpayer, and that is what really sticks in the craw.
  • (5) Since launching the war on terror, the US and its allies have attacked and occupied Afghanistan and Iraq; bombed Libya; killed thousands in drone attacks in Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia; imposed devastating sanctions; backed Israel's occupation and dispossession of the Palestinians to the hilt; carried out large-scale torture, kidnapping and internment without trial; maintained multiple bases to protect client dictatorships throughout the region; and now threaten Iran with another act of illegal war.
  • (6) But instead the US, Britain and other European powers finance, arm and back to the hilt Israel's occupation, including the siege of Gaza – precisely to prevent Palestinians obtaining the arms that would allow them to protect themselves against Israeli military might.
  • (7) There are some that are mortgaged up to the hilt, and that’s dangerous stuff.
  • (8) Canada does not mind other jurisdictions taxing their banks to the hilt, but it has no desire to impose a levy on its own banks, which after all, did not need bailing out.
  • (9) But Thatcher would have backed Hammond to the hilt.
  • (10) "And all of them, every single one of them, are prepared to go to the hilt in order to isolate Russia with respect to this invasion," Kerry said.
  • (11) In stark contrast to her approach to domestic affairs, Thatcher scrupulously deferred to her military commanders and supported their decisions to the hilt.
  • (12) Employment law has become ridiculously opaque and employers take full advantage of that and arrive lawyered up to the hilt.
  • (13) That makes it an enticing prospect for Glazer-style financing - mortgage a rock-solid asset up to the hilt in order to crank up the potential returns.
  • (14) He pledged anew that Nato partners including those that border Ukraine or Russia would be defended to the hilt if their sovereignty is threatened.
  • (15) Yet one in six households are currently mortgaged to the hilt, servicing home loans that are at least four times the size of their annual salary, in further evidence of the intense vulnerability of many homeowners to rate hikes.
  • (16) The latter was praised to the hilt for display against Uruguay, with his Colombia coach, José Pékerman, saying Rodríguez has “every attribute of a top-notch player at a world level” and that he “never had any doubts that this was going to be his World Cup”.
  • (17) Three guilty of Hatton Garden heist as Kenneth Noye link revealed Read more The other, Brian Reader, aimed a kick at the man: John Fordham, a specialist police surveillance officer, who had been stabbed five times in the front and five times in the back, with such force that a knife was plunged into his body up to its hilt.
  • (18) Bayern Munich 3-0 Barcelona (Robben 73) I've defended those blokes with the wands behind the goal to the hilt, but I'm not going to attempt it here.
  • (19) We have to fight for every penny we get, but then we spend it to the hilt on the pupils.
  • (20) He added that G8 nations and some other countries are “prepared to go to the hilt to isolate Russia” with a “broad array of options” available.