CASTRATION, in respect of brutes, is called GELDING and SPAYING.
CASTRATION also denotes the art of retrenching, or cutting away any part of a thing from its whole.—Castrating a book, among bookfellers, is the taking out some leaf, sheet, or the like, which renders it imperfect and unfit for sale. The term is also applied to the taking away particular passages, on account of their obscenity, too great freedom with respect to government, &c.