Gelding
Pronunciation : Geld"ing
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Icel. gelding a gelding, akin to geldingr wether, eunuch, Sw. g?lling gelding, Dan. gilding eunuch. See Geld, v. t.]
Definition : Defn: 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 Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Geld"ing
Part of Speech : p.
Definition : Defn: from Geld, v. t.
pr. a. & vb. n..
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913