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GIRD, n. gurd. [Eng. a yard.] 1. A twitch or pang; a sudden spasm, which resembles the stroke of a rod or the pressure of a band.2. In popular language, a severe stroke of a stick or whip. GIRD, v.t. gurd. pret. and pp. girded or girt. 1. To bind by surrounding with any flexible substance, as with a twig, a cord, bandage or cloth; as, to gird the loins with sackcloth.2. To make fast by binding; to put on; usually with on; as, to gird on a harness; to gird on a sword.3. To invest; to surround. The Son appeared, Girt with omnipotence.4. To clothe; to dress; to habit. I girded thee about with fine linen. Ezek. 16.5. To furnish; to equip. Girded with snaky wiles.6. To surround; to encircle; to inclose; to encompass. The Nyseian isle, Girt with the river Triton.7. To gibe; to reproach severly; to lash.GIRD, v.i. To gibe; to sneer; to break a scornful jest; to utter severe sarcasms. Men of all sorts take a pride to gird at me. |
GIRD'ED, pp. Bound; surrounded; invested; put on. |
GIRD'ER, n. In architecture, the principal piece of timber in a floor. Its end is usually fastened into the summers or breast summers,and the joists are framed in it at one end. In buildings entirely of timber, the girder is fastened by tenons into the posts. 1. A satirist. |
GIRD'ING, ppr. Binding; surrounding; investing. GIRD'ING, n. A covering. Is.3. |
GIRD'LE, n. 1. A band or belt; something drawn round the waist of a person, and tied or buckled; as a girdle of fine lines; a leathern girdle.2. Inclosure; circumference.3. The zodiac.4. A round iron plate for baking.5. Among jewelers,the line which encompasses the stone, parallel to the horizon.GIRD'LE, v.t. To bind with a belt or sash; to gird. 1. To inclose; to enrivon; to shut in.2. In America, to make a circular incision, like a belt, through the bark and alburnum of a tree to kill it. |
GIRD'LE-BELT, n. A belt that encircles the waist. |
GIRD'LE-STEAD, n. The part of the body where the girdle is worn. |
GIRD'LER, n. One who girdles; a maker of girdles. |
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