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Girder :: Girder (n.) One who, or that which, girds..

Belt :: Belt (n.) That which restrains or confines as a girdle.

Zoned :: Zoned (a.) Wearing a zone, or girdle..

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

Cincture :: Cincture (n.) A belt, a girdle, or something worn round the body, -- as by an ecclesiastic for confining the alb..

Taeniata :: Taeniata (n. pl.) A division of Ctenophora including those which have a long, ribbonlike body. The Venus's girdle is the most familiar example..

Gird :: Gird (n.) A stroke with a rod or switch; a severe spasm; a twinge; a pang.

Sash :: Sash (n.) A scarf or band worn about the waist, over the shoulder, or otherwise; a belt; a girdle, -- worn by women and children as an ornament; also worn as a badge of distinction by military officers, members of societies, etc..

Girded :: Girded () of Gir.

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

Brilliant :: Brilliant (a.) A diamond or other gem of the finest cut, formed into faces and facets, so as to reflect and refract the light, by which it is rendered more brilliant. It has at the middle, or top, a principal face, called the table, which is surrounded by a number of sloping facets forming a bizet; below, it has a small face or collet, parallel to the table, connected with the girdle by a pavilion of elongated facets. It is thus distinguished from the rose diamond, which is entirely covered with

Girdle :: Girdle (n.) A thin bed or stratum of stone.

Sea Girdles :: Sea girdles () A kind of kelp (Laminaria digitata) with palmately cleft fronds; -- called also sea wand, seaware, and tangle..

Span :: Span (v. t.) The spread or extent of an arch between its abutments, or of a beam, girder, truss, roof, bridge, or the like, between its supports..

Girdle :: Girdle (v. t.) To inclose; to environ; to shut in.

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..

Discinct :: Discinct (a.) Ungirded; loosely dressed.

Top :: Top (n.) The part of a cut gem between the girdle, or circumference, and the table, or flat upper surface..

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..

Mortise :: Mortise (v. t.) To join or fasten by a tenon and mortise; as, to mortise a beam into a post, or a joist into a girder..

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