Definition of Geldeng

Definition of Geldeng

Geld"ing (?), n. [Icel. gelding a gelding, akin to geldingr wether, eunuch, Sw. gälling 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).

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

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

GELDING. An eunuch.

- The Devil's Dictionary (Ambrose Bierce)

a castrated male horse
any castrated male animal
(archaic) a eunuch

- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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