Bible Dictionaries
Eld (2)
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(n.) Money; tribute; compensation; ransom.
(2):
(v. t.) To deprive of anything essential.
(3):
(v. t.) To castrate; to emasculate.
(4):
(v. t.) To deprive of anything exceptionable; as, to geld a book, or a story; to expurgate.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Eld (2)'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/e/eld-2.html. 1828.