To: Khepera
I looked up the definition to make sure I was using the correct word. I realized that maybe these two are actually paying a tribute to the English crown (mainstream media) for favors. What creeps.
geld
Dictionary
geld1 (g?ld)
tr.v., geld·ed or gelt (g?lt), geld·ing, gelds.
To castrate (a horse, for example).
To deprive of strength or vigor; weaken.
[Middle English gelden, from Old Norse gelda.]
geld2 (g?ld)
n.
A tax paid to the crown by English landholders under Anglo-Saxon and Norman kings.
20 posted on
11/21/2005 12:10:46 PM PST by
svcw
To: svcw
gild ( P ) Pronunciation Key (gld)
tr.v. gild·ed, or gilt (glt) gild·ing, gilds
1. To cover with or as if with a thin layer of gold.
Yes this is what happened to me. Not the gelding thing that's reserved for well... you know... McCain and his buddies.
27 posted on
11/21/2005 12:13:44 PM PST by
Khepera
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