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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.

Zonar :: Zonar (n.) A belt or girdle which the Christians and Jews of the Levant were obliged to wear to distinguish them from Mohammedans.

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

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

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

Seawand :: Seawand () See Sea girdles.

Guard :: Guard (n.) To fasten by binding; to gird.

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

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

Crossbeam :: Crossbeam (n.) A girder.

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

Girdle :: Girdle (v. t.) To bind with a belt or sash; to gird.

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..

Begirt :: Begirt (v. t.) To encompass; to begird.

Truss :: Truss (n.) To strengthen or stiffen, as a beam or girder, by means of a brace or braces..

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..

Girdler :: Girdler (n.) One who girdles.

Templet :: Templet (n.) A short piece of timber, iron, or stone, placed in a wall under a girder or other beam, to distribute the weight or pressure..

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..

Begird :: Begird (v. t.) To bind with a band or girdle; to gird.

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