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NOUN (2)

1. a late time of life;
- Example: "old age is not for sissies"
- Example: "he's showing his years"
- Example: "age hasn't slowed him down at all"
- Example: "a beard white with eld"
- Example: "on the brink of geezerhood"
[syn: old age, years, age, eld, geezerhood]

2. a time of life (usually defined in years) at which some particular qualification or power arises;
- Example: "she was now of school age"
- Example: "tall for his eld"
[syn: age, eld]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Eld \Eld\, v. i. To age; to grow old. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Eld \Eld\, v. t. To make old or ancient. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Time, that eldeth all things. --Rom. of R. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Eld \Eld\ ([e^]ld), a. [AS. eald.] Old. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Eld \Eld\, n. [AS. yldu, yldo, eldo, old age, fr. ald, eald, old. See Old.] 1. Age; esp., old age. [Obs. or Archaic] [1913 Webster] As sooth is said, eelde hath great avantage. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Great Nature, ever young, yet full of eld. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. Old times; former days; antiquity. [Poetic] [1913 Webster] Astrologers and men of eld. --Longfellow. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

eld n 1: a late time of life; "old age is not for sissies"; "he's showing his years"; "age hasn't slowed him down at all"; "a beard white with eld"; "on the brink of geezerhood" [syn: old age, years, age, eld, geezerhood] 2: a time of life (usually defined in years) at which some particular qualification or power arises; "she was now of school age"; "tall for his eld" [syn: age, eld]