subs. (old).—A eunuch.
1380. WYCLIF, Translation of the Bible, Acts viii. 39. And whanne thei weren come up of the water, the spirit of the Lord ravyschid Filip, and the GELDYNGE say hym no more.
1659. TORRIANO, Vocabolario, s.v.
1785. GROSE, A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, s.v.
1811. GROSE and CLARKE, Lexicon Balatronicum, s.v.
TO ENTER FOR THE GELDINGS’ STAKES, verb. phr. (old).—To castrate a man; also used to describe a eunuch.
