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.
Geld"a*ble (?), a. Capable of being gelded.
Geld"a*ble, a. [From Geld money.] Liable to taxation. [Obs.] Burrill.
Geld"er (?), n. One who gelds or castrates.
Gel"der-rose (?), n. Same as Guelder-rose.
Geld"ing (?), n. [Icel. gelding a gelding, akin to geldingr wether,
eunuch, Sw. g‰lling 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.
Gel"id (jl"d), a. [L. gelidus, fr. gelu frost, cold. See Cold, and cf.
Congeal, Gelatin, Jelly.] Cold; very cold; frozen. "Gelid founts."
Thompson.
Ge*lid"i*ty (?), n. The state of being gelid.
Gel"id*ly (?), adv. In a gelid manner; coldly.
Gel"id*ness, n. The state of being gelid; gelidity.
Gel"ly (jl"l), n. Jelly. [Obs.] Spenser.
Ge*los"copy (?), n. [Gr. &?; to laugh + -scopy.] Divination by means of
laughter.
Ge*lose" (?), n. [See Gelatin.] (Chem.) An amorphous, gummy
carbohydrate, found in Gelidium, agar-agar, and other seaweeds.
Gel*se"mic (?), a. Gelseminic.
Gel"se*mine (?), n. (Chem.) An alkaloid obtained from the yellow
jasmine (Gelsemium sempervirens), as a bitter white semicrystalline
substance; -- called also gelsemia.
Gel`se*min"ic (?), n. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, the
yellow jasmine (Gelsemium sempervirens); as, gelseminic acid, a white
crystalline substance resembling esculin.
||Gel*se"mium (?), n. [NL., fr. It. gelsomino jasmine.] 1. (Bot.) A
||genus of climbing plants. The yellow (false) jasmine (Gelsemium
||sempervirens) is a native of the Southern United States. It has showy
||and deliciously fragrant flowers.