What is to deprive of anything exceptionable; as, to geld a book, or a story; to expurgate. [Obs.] Dryden called?
geld — To deprive of anything exceptionable; as, to geld a book, or a story; to expurgate. [Obs.] Dryden. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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