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Overgird :: Overgird (v. t.) To gird too closely.

Engirded :: Engirded (imp. & p. p.) of Engir.

Gipsire :: Gipsire (n.) A kind of pouch formerly worn at the girdle.

Surcingled :: Surcingle (n.) The girdle of a cassock, by which it is fastened round the waist..

Begird :: Begird (v. t.) To bind with a band or girdle; to gird.

Cuirass :: Cuirass (n.) A piece of defensive armor, covering the body from the neck to the girdle.

Girder :: Girder (n.) One who girds; a satirist.

Abnet :: Abnet (n.) The girdle of a Jewish priest or officer.

Girdler :: Girdler (n.) One who girdles.

Cutpurse :: Cutpurse (n.) One who cuts purses for the sake of stealing them or their contents (an act common when men wore purses fastened by a string to their girdles); one who steals from the person; a pickpocke.

Tunic :: Tunic (n.) An under-garment worn by the ancient Romans of both sexes. It was made with or without sleeves, reached to or below the knees, and was confined at the waist by a girdle..

Summer :: Summer (n.) A large stone or beam placed horizontally on columns, piers, posts, or the like, serving for various uses. Specifically: (a) The lintel of a door or window. (b) The commencement of a cross vault. (c) A central floor timber, as a girder, or a piece reaching from a wall to a girder. Called also summertree..

Lyriferous :: Lyriferous (a.) Having a lyre-shaped shoulder girdle, as certain fishes..

Ring :: Ring (v. t.) To make a ring around by cutting away the bark; to girdle; as, to ring branches or roots..

Zone :: Zone (v. t.) To girdle; to encircle.

Girded :: Girded () of Gir.

Deflection :: Deflection (n.) The bending which a beam or girder undergoes from its own weight or by reason of a load.

Case-bay :: Case-bay (n.) The space between two principals or girder.

Girdle :: Girdle (v. t.) To make a cut or gnaw a groove around (a tree, etc.) through the bark and alburnum, thus killing it..

Seawand :: Seawand () See Sea girdles.

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