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4 definitions found 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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Gelding \Geld"ing\, n. [Icel. gelding a gelding, akin to geldingr wether, eunuch, Sw g["a]lling gelding, Dan. gilding eunuch. See {Geld}, v. t.] A castrated animal; -- usually applied to a horse, but formerly used also of the human male. They went down both into the water, Philip and the gelding, and Philip baptized him --Wyclif (Acts viii. 38). From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Gelding \Geld"ing\, p. pr a. & vb n. from {Geld}, v. t. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: gelding n : castrated male horse
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