geld /ˈgɛld/
  稅,貢賦,支付款(vt.)去勢,閹割,剝奪
  geld /ˈgɛld/ 及物動詞
  閹割
  Geld n.  Money; tribute; compensation; ransom.[Obs.]
  Note: ☞ This word occurs in old law books in composition, as in danegeld, or danegelt, a tax imposed by the Danes; weregeld, compensation for the life of a man, etc.
  Geld v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gelded or Gelt (░); p. pr. & vb. n. Gelding.]
  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.]
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  geld
       v : cut off the testicles (of male animals such as horses); "the
           vet gelded the young horse" [syn: cut]
       [also: gelt]