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

Scapula :: Scapula (n.) The principal bone of the shoulder girdle in mammals; the shoulder blade.

Girdle :: Girdle (n.) The clitellus of an earthworm.

Web :: Web (n.) The thin vertical plate or portion connecting the upper and lower flanges of an lower flanges of an iron girder, rolled beam, or railroad rail..

Engirding :: Engirding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Engir.

Undergird :: Undergird (v. t.) To blind below; to gird round the bottom.

Bolster :: Bolster (n.) A plate of iron or a mass of wood under the end of a bridge girder, to keep the girder from resting directly on the abutment..

Unzoned :: Unzoned (a.) Not zoned; not bound with a girdle; as, an unzoned bosom..

Tail-bay :: Tail-bay (n.) One of the joists which rest one end on the wall and the other on a girder; also, the space between a wall and the nearest girder of a floor. Cf. Case-bay..

Begirded :: Begirded () of Begir.

Ceint :: Ceint (n.) 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..

Girdle :: Girdle (n.) The line ofgreatest circumference of a brilliant-cut diamond, at which it is grasped by the setting. See Illust. of Brilliant..

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

Cestus :: Cestus (n.) A girdle; particularly that of Aphrodite (or Venus) which gave the wearer the power of exciting love.

Succinct :: Succinct (a.) Girded or tucked up; bound; drawn tightly together.

Gird :: Gird (v.) To sneer at; to mock; to gibe.

Cestus :: Cestus (n.) A genus of Ctenophora. The typical species (Cestus Veneris) is remarkable for its brilliant iridescent colors, and its long, girdlelike form..

Gird :: Gird (v. t.) To encircle or bind with any flexible band.

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

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