subs. (old).—Money; GILT (q.v.). Also GELTER.—(DUNCOMBE, 1848).
c. 1696. B. E., A New Dictionary of the Canting Crew, s.v. There is no GELT to be got, Trading is very dull.
1785. GROSE, A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, s.v.
1811. GROSE and CLARKE, Lexicon Balatronicum, s.v.
