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Definition & Synonyms
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• Gird
- (v.) To sneer at; to mock; to gibe.
- (n.) A stroke with a rod or switch; a severe spasm; a twinge; a pang.
- (n.) A cut; a sarcastic remark; a gibe; a sneer.
- (v. t.) To make fast, as clothing, by binding with a cord, girdle, bandage, etc.
- (v. t.) To clothe; to swathe; to invest.
- (v.) To strike; to smite.
- (v. i.) To gibe; to sneer; to break a scornful jest; to utter severe sarcasms.
- (v. t.) To prepare; to make ready; to equip; as, to gird ones self for a contest.
- (v. t.) To encircle or bind with any flexible band.
- (v. t.) To surround; to encircle, or encompass.
Synonyms:
Arm, Begird, Encircle, Fortify, Girdle, Girt, Girth,
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• Girdling
- (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Girdle
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• Girdle
- (n.) The line ofgreatest circumference of a brilliant-cut diamond, at which it is grasped by the setting. See Illust. of Brilliant.
- (n.) The zodiac; also, the equator.
- (v. t.) To inclose; to environ; to shut in.
- (n.) A griddle.
- (n.) A thin bed or stratum of stone.
- (n.) The clitellus of an earthworm.
- (v. t.) To make a cut or gnaw a groove around (a tree, etc.) through the bark and alburnum, thus killing it.
- (n.) That which girds, encircles, or incloses; a circumference; a belt; esp., a belt, sash, or article of dress encircling the body usually at the waist; a cestus.
- (v. t.) To bind with a belt or sash; to gird.
Synonyms:
Cincture, Corset, Deaden, Gird, Sash, Waistband, Waistcloth,
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• Girded
- () of Gird
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