See Also: geld(1)(dictionary)
geld(2)(dictionary)
geld(3)(dictionary)
geld(4)(dictionary)
geld(dictionary)
GELD, old Eng(law)
Gratis geld(casino)

geld(4) (iou) and in(4) (iou)


geld(4) (iou)



geld verb2. Also gelt. See also GILD verb2. M19.
[from GELD noun. Cf. medieval Latin geldare pay geld, tax.]
Hist.
verb trans. Levy geld on. M19.
verb intrans. Pay geld. M19.
geldable adjective liable to pay geld E17.

in(4) (iou)



in preposition. Before a consonant also (now arch. & dial.) i'.

I. Of position and location.
Within the limits or bounds of; within. OE.
M. Keane Jane was sitting up in bed drinking..tea. I. Murdoch Sarah was in Australia with her husband. L. Bruce He talked exactly like the balloons in comic strips.
b. With names of towns having public or private importance. Cf. AT 1b. OE.
Southey A day in London is more wearying to me than a walk up Scawfell.
Referring to non-physical things treated as having extension or content. OE.
J. Austen To see such an undersized..man, set up for a fine actor, is very ridiculous in my opinion. K. Gershon Like every living Jew I have in imagination seen the gas-chamber.
In relation to; in the context of; as a member of. OE.
Ld Macaulay The place of the clergyman in society. B. Webb In opinion, Snowden is now a collectivist liberal. Belfast Telegraph It is up to us in local government to press ahead with our plans.
Expr. relation to a garment, covering, etc., which envelops or is worn. OE.
Longfellow A huge tome, bound In brass and wild-boar's hide. G. Greene A little old man in a black cassock.
On (with ref. to position). Long rare exc. Scot. OE.
T. Hardy No Other boy in the heath has had such a bonfire.
Among. OE-M16.
Defining the part of something affected. ME.
G. B. Shaw The prima donna was deaf in the left ear.
With numbers, nouns of quantity, etc.: as a proportionate part of. L16.
Law Times A debtor..offered 6s. 8d. in the pound. E. Course From Redhill to Tonbridge the maximum gradient was 1 in 250.
II. Of situation, manner, etc.
a. Expr. situation as determined by location, environment, or a material thing. OE.
J. A. Froude Brought in chains to Rome. J. Tyndall His guides had lost their way in the fog. M. Roberts They sit in silence for the rest of the journey. New Yorker Walking in the dark..we felt..vulnerable.
b. Expr. situation within the range of one of the senses or within a sphere of action. LME.
Milton Spirits that stand In sight of God's high Throne. A. Trollope The living of Framley was in the gift of the Lufton family.
Expr. manner, degree, or means. OE.
in confidence, in fun, in jest, in part, in the same way, etc.
Henry Fielding He was drinking her ladyship's Health..in a cup of her ale. M. Pattison Bede is Writing in a dead language. F. Hall Drift-wood was lying about in large quantities. G. B. Shaw His Success with Mozart's symphony in E flat. Television Today Half the first night audience were seated in two arcs behind the stage. D. Abse He spoke in his special booming voice.
b. Expr. the material of construction or execution. M17.
Dickens Half-length portraits, in crayons.
c. Following a phr. specifying a superl.: within the category of things mentioned. M19.
Radio Times The most dazzling cruises in holiday history.
Having the condition of; in a state of. OE.
in cash, in flower, in love, in print, in tears, etc.
Ld Macaulay Leaving their castles in ruins. I. Murdoch He woke in horror to the sound of a howling dog.
b. With ref. to animals: pregnant with. L16.
in calf, in foal, etc.
Expr. occupation in an activity: in the process of, in the act of. Chiefly with nouns of action & verbal nouns ME.
H. James A young lady seated on a bench in deep and lonely Meditation. R. Hardy The Warden lifted his stick in salute.
b. Used before a verbal noun expr. either occupation or an action to which a thing or person is subjected, = A preposition1 8, and now omitted, the verbal noun functioning as pres. pple. LME-M19.
W. Whiston He went on in worshipping them. W. Hone This carriage..had been three years in building.
Expr. aim or purpose: with abstract nouns ME.
Milton She thus in answer spake. J. F. Cooper He went in quest of his new applicant. J. Conrad In memory of her eldest brother.
III. Of time.
In contexts where another preposition or no preposition is now usual. OE.
Swift This engine..set out in four hours after my landing. G. Crabbe No Sunday shower Kept him at Home in that important hour. J. Beresford In a chilling evening..after you have carefully stirred a very ticklish fire.
Within the limits of (a specified period of time); during (a process occupying time); in the course of. OE.
G. Berkeley I never saw a first-rate picture in my life. T. Jefferson I think our acquaintance commenced in 1764. James White All the gentlemen's houses you see in a railway excursion. New Yorker Elevators were in their infancy.
b. Preceding a noun denoting a period of time during which something has not happened, must not happen, etc., or has not been exceeded; for. L15.
R. A. Heinlein The place smelled like a vault that has not been opened in years. Scientific American The greatest dust storm in more than a century.
Before or at the end of (a specified length of time). ME.
G. B. Shaw You'll be fast asleep in ten minutes.
IV. Of motion and direction.
Into. Now only with verbs implying motion or change. OE.
R. Hardy I'm going to put all this in my next bulletin. W. Golding He..looked in the window of the bookshop. B. Bainbridge Tell them to jump in the lake.
Against, towards; to. ME-M16.
On, upon; along. Long obsolete exc. Scot. ME.
V. Pregnant & ellipt. uses.
With refl. pronoun: apart from any relation to others; in a person's or thing's own essence or Nature. ME.
in ITSELF.
J. S. Mill Of things absolutely or in themselves.
In spiritual union with. ME.
Bible (AV): 1 Corinthians 15:22 As in Adam all die, euen so in Christ shall all be made aliue.
Inherent in; within the capacity of. ME.
Nature Anyone who has it in him to do heroic deeds.
In the person of, with the identity of; in the case of. LME.
E. A. Freeman How great a captain England possessed in her future King.
In the hands of; legally vested in. LME.
Partaking or sharing in; implicated in; engaged in. E18.
E. Wright He and Brady might have been in this from the start.
b. Engaged in dealing with, as a trade or business. M20.
E. Bowen Her father is rich, he is in tea.
VI. Constructional uses.
Expr. the relation which a verb has to an indirect obj. OE.
S. Austin A regular war with France was not to be engaged in without negotiations. B. Jowett The wise and mighty one who is to be held in honour. F. M. Peard She spent a fortune in shoes and gloves. J. Conrad The inhabitants delight in describing it as the 'Pearl of the Ocean'.
Expr. the relation of an adjective or noun to a certain sphere to which its qualification, attribute, etc., is limited. OE.
Boswell We talked of belief in ghosts. W. C. Smith Let nothing shake your trust in her. T. H. Huxley The river-water..is usually rich in organic impurities. I. Murdoch Ann was reading for a degree in English. New Yorker He..took deep pleasure in his friendship with the..peasants.
Expr. the relation of a quantitative statement or measurement to the thing measured. ME.
Milton Equal in number to that Godless crew. W. Sharp A man six feet two inches in height. Daily Telegraph 380 million in grants and loans.
In adverbial & prepositional phrs. where in precedes a noun (or an adjective). ME.
in common, in conclusion, in fact, in General, in truth, etc.; in case of, in common with, in favour of, in honour of, in regard to, etc.
Phrases: have it in one: see HAVE verb. in it (a) in a matter and of an advantageous or beneficial Nature (chiefly in what is in it for X? & similar phrs.); (b) in a matter and of significance. in so far as to the extent or degree that. in that in the fact that; seeing that; because. not be in it colloq. be nothing in comparison; not count for anything. nothing in it, not much in it, little in it no or little difference between things being compared; no or little advantage to be seen in one possibility rather than another.