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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ELD, n. Old age; decrepitude.
1. Old people; persons worn out with age.
[This word is entirely obsolete. But its derivative elder is in use.]
ELD'ER, a.
1. Older; senior; having lived a longer time; born, produced or formed before something else; opposed to younger.
The elder shall serve the younger. Genesis 25.
His elder son was in the field. Luke 15.
2. Prior in origin; preceding in the date of a commission; as an elder officer or magistrate. In this sense, we generally use senior.
ELD'ER,, n. One who is older than another or others.
1. An ancestor.
Carry your head as your elders have done before you.
2. A person advanced in life, and who, on account of his age, experience and wisdom, is selected for office, Among rude nations, elderly men are rulers, judges, magistrates or counselors. Among the Jews, the seventy men associated with Moses in the government of the people, were elders. In the first christian churches, elders were persons who enjoyed offices or ecclesiastical functions, and the word includes apostles, pastors, teachers, presbyters, bishops or overseers. Peter and John call themselves elders. The first councils of christians were called presbyteria, councils of elders.
In the modern presbyterian churches, elders are officers who, with the pastors or ministers and deacons, compose the consistories or kirk-sessions, with authority to inspect and regulate matters of religion and discipline.
In the first churches of New England, the pastors or ministers were called elders or teaching elders.
ELD'ER, n. A tree or genus of trees, the Sambucus, of several species. The common elder of America bears blackberries. Some species bear red berries. The stem and branches contain a soft pith.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ieldo; akin to Old English eald old — more at old Date: before 12th century 1. old age 2. archaic old times ; antiquity

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. archaic or poet. 1 old age. 2 olden time. Etymology: OE (i)eldu f. Gmc: cf. OLD

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Eld Eld, v. t. To make old or ancient. [Obs.] Time, that eldeth all things. --Rom. of R.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Eld Eld, v. i. To age; to grow old. [Obs.]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Eld Eld, a. [AS. eald.] Old. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Old age, decrepitude, decadence decay. 2. Olden time, antiquity, former or bygone ages, bygone times, the past.

Airports

Landing Facility Type	AIRPORT
Airport Code	ELD
EFF_DATE	02/16/2006
FAA Region	ASW
FAA District	NONE
State	AR
State	ARKANSAS
County	UNION
County State	AR
City Name	EL DORADO
Full Name	SOUTH ARKANSAS REGIONAL AT GOODWIN FIELD
Owner Type	PU
Facility Use	PU
Facility City, State, Zip	"EL DORADO, AR 71731"
Elevation	277
Aeronautical chart on which the airport facility appears	MEMPHIS
Distance from the central business district of the associated city to the airport in nautical miles	08
Direction of airport from the central business district of the associated city	W
Airport Certification Type and Date	III S 11/2005
NASP/Federal Agreement Code	NGY3
Customs international airport	N
Customs Landing Rights Airport	N
Joint Use	N
Military Landing Rights	Y
Control Tower	N
Based Single Engine General Aviation Aircraft	030
Based Multi-engine general aviation aircraft	006
Based Jet engine general aviation aircraft	005
Air Taxi	003976
General Aviation, Local Operations	018000
General Aviation - Itinerant Operations	004500
Military Aircraft Operations	000520
Latitude	33.2209722222
Longitude	-92.8132777778
State FIPS code	05
State Postal Code	AR
Total domestic enplanements (inbound plus outbound)	2240
Version	09