Gelding \Geld"ing\, n. [Icel. gelding a gelding, akin to geldingr wether, eunuch, Sw. g[aum]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. [1913 Webster]

They went down both into the water, Philip and the gelding, and Philip baptized him. --Wyclif (Acts viii. 38). [1913 Webster]

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Gelding \Geld"ing\, p. pr., a., & vb. n. from Geld, v. t.

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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[aum]lla, and cf. AS. gilte a young sow, OHG. galt dry, not giving milk, G. gelt, Goth. gilpa siclke.]

1. To castrate; to emasculate. [1913 Webster]

2. To deprive of anything essential. [1913 Webster]

Bereft and gelded of his patrimony. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

3. To deprive of anything exceptionable; as, to geld a book, or a story; to expurgate. [Obs.]

--Dryden. [1913 Webster]

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gelding

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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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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).

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Gelding \Geld"ing\, p. pr. a. & vb. n. from Geld, v. t.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)