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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..

Zodiac :: Zodiac (n.) A girdle; a belt.

Engirdle :: Engirdle (v. t.) To surround as with a girdle; to girdle.

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..

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

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

Cest :: Cest (n.) A woman's girdle; a cestus.

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 clothe; to swathe; to invest.

Crossbeam :: Crossbeam (n.) A girder.

Cordelier :: Cordelier (n.) A Franciscan; -- so called in France from the girdle of knotted cord worn by all Franciscans.

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

Girded :: Girded () of Gir.

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

Girdle :: Girdle (n.) The zodiac; also, the equator..

Coracoid :: Coracoid (a.) Pertaining to a bone of the shoulder girdle in most birds, reptiles, and amphibians, which is reduced to a process of the scapula in most mammals..

Ephod :: Ephod (n.) A part of the sacerdotal habit among Jews, being a covering for the back and breast, held together on the shoulders by two clasps or brooches of onyx stones set in gold, and fastened by a girdle of the same stuff as the ephod. The ephod for the priests was of plain linen; that for the high priest was richly embroidered in colors. The breastplate of the high priest was worn upon the ephod in front..

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

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

Girding :: Girding (n.) That with which one is girded; a girdle.

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