Gĕlt1, n.
n. [A-S. gild, geld, payment, from geldan, to pay.] A payment of money; tribute; tax. [Obs.] All these the king granted unto them . . . free from all gelts and payments, in a most full and ample manner. Fuller.
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n. [A-S. gild, geld, payment, from geldan, to pay.] A payment of money; tribute; tax. [Obs.] All these the king granted unto them . . . free from all gelts and payments, in a most full and ample manner. Fuller.
n. [See GELD, v.] A castrated animal; a gelding. [Obs.] Mortimer.
n. [For gilt.] Tinsel, or gilt surface. [Obs. and very rare.] Spenser.