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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Geld \Geld\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gelded} or Gelt (?); p. pr &
vb n. {Gelding}.] [Icel. gelda to castrate; akin to Dan.
gilde, Sw g["a]lla, and cf AS gilte a young sow, OHG. galt
dry, not giving milk, G. gelt, Goth. gilpa siclke.]
1. To castrate; to emasculate.
2. To deprive of anything essential.
Bereft and gelded of his patrimony. --Shak.
3. To deprive of anything exceptionable; as to geld a book,
or a story; to expurgate. [Obs.] --Dryden.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
gelded
adj : (of a male animal) having the testicles removed; "a cut
horse" [syn: {cut}, {emasculated}]
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