Definition of gird

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

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Zoneless :: Zoneless (a.) Not having a zone; ungirded.
Ring :: Ring (v. t.) To make a ring around by cutting away the bark; to girdle; as, to ring branches or roots..
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..
Girdle :: Girdle (v. t.) To inclose; to environ; to shut in.
Girdle :: Girdle (n.) The line ofgreatest circumference of a brilliant-cut diamond, at which it is grasped by the setting. See Illust. of Brilliant..
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..
Begird :: Begird (v. t.) To bind with a band or girdle; to gird.
Waist :: Waist (n.) A girdle or belt for the waist.
Seaware :: Seaware (n.) Seaweed; esp., coarse seaweed. See Ware, and Sea girdles..
Gird :: Gird (v. t.) To make fast, as clothing, by binding with a cord, girdle, bandage, etc..
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.
Succinct :: Succinct (a.) Girded or tucked up; bound; drawn tightly together.
Begirdle :: Begirdle (v. t.) To surround as with a girdle.
Case-bay :: Case-bay (n.) One of the joists framed between a pair of girders in naked flooring.
Engirding :: Engirding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Engir.
Cingulum :: Cingulum (n.) A distinct girdle or band of color; a raised spiral line as seen on certain univalve shells.
Girdler :: Girdler (n.) An American longicorn beetle (Oncideres cingulatus) which lays its eggs in the twigs of the hickory, and then girdles each branch by gnawing a groove around it, thus killing it to provide suitable food for the larvae..
Floor :: Floor (n.) The structure formed of beams, girders, etc., with proper covering, which divides a building horizontally into stories. Floor in sense 1 is, then, the upper surface of floor in sense 2..
Seawand :: Seawand () See Sea girdles.
Gird :: Gird (v. i.) To gibe; to sneer; to break a scornful jest; to utter severe sarcasms.
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