geld

noun

1. (Northern-England, archaic, countable, dialectal, historical, uncountable)Money.
2. (archaic, countable, dialectal, historical, uncountable)Money.
3. A female animal, such as a ewe or cow, that is not pregnant.

verb

1. (historical)To tax geld.
2. (transitive)To castrate a male (usually an animal).

   “"Poor old Topaz," said Mrs Flanders, as he stretched himself out in the sun, and she smiled, thinking how she had had him gelded, and how she did not like red hair in men.”

3. (figuratively, transitive)To suppress or severely reduce sexual desire or libido.

   “Camphor if smell'd A man will geld.”

4. (figuratively, transitive)To deprive of anything essential; to weaken.