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Breastsummer :: Breastsummer (n.) A summer or girder extending across a building flush with, and supporting, the upper part of a front or external wall; a long lintel; a girder; -- used principally above shop windows..

Gird :: Gird (n.) A cut; a sarcastic remark; a gibe; a sneer.

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

Begirded :: Begirded () of Begir.

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

Precoracoid :: Precoracoid (n.) The anterior part of the coracoid (often closely united with the clavicle) in the shoulder girdle of many reptiles and amphibians.

Begirding :: Begirding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Begir.

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

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.) 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..

Cinctured :: Cinctured (n.) Having or wearing a cincture or girdle.

Hanger :: Hanger (n.) A strap hung to the girdle, by which a dagger or sword is suspended..

Case-bay :: Case-bay (n.) One of the joists framed between a pair of girders in naked flooring.

Girt :: Girt () imp. & p. p. of Gird.

Shoulder :: Shoulder (n.) The joint, or the region of the joint, by which the fore limb is connected with the body or with the shoulder girdle; the projection formed by the bones and muscles about that joint..

Gird :: Gird (v. t.) To make fast, as clothing, by binding with a cord, girdle, bandage, etc..

Postclavicle :: Postclavicle (n.) A bone in the pectoral girdle of many fishes projecting backward from the clavicle.

Flitch :: Flitch (n.) One of several planks, smaller timbers, or iron plates, which are secured together, side by side, to make a large girder or built beam..

Sinch :: Sinch (v. t.) To gird with a sinch; to tighten the sinch or girth of (a saddle); as, to sinch up a sadle..

Girdling :: Girdling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Girdl.

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