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Geld
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2
Part of speech: noun (n.)
Money; tribute; compensation; ransom.[Obs.]
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: verb (v.)
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.