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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..

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

Deflection :: Deflection (n.) The bending which a beam or girder undergoes from its own weight or by reason of a load.

Camber :: Camber (n.) An upward concavity in the under side of a beam, girder, or lintel; also, a slight upward concavity in a straight arch. See Hogback..

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

Girdlestead :: Girdlestead (n.) The lap.

Zoneless :: Zoneless (a.) Not having a zone; ungirded.

Gird :: Gird (v. t.) To clothe; to swathe; to invest.

Ingirt :: Ingirt (v. t.) To encircle to gird; to engirt.

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

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..

Twister :: Twister (n.) A girder.

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 bind with a belt or sash; to gird.

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

Belt :: Belt (n.) That which engirdles a person or thing; a band or girdle; as, a lady's belt; a sword belt..

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

Girder :: Girder (n.) A main beam; a stright, horizontal beam to span an opening or carry weight, such as ends of floor beams, etc.; hence, a framed or built-up member discharging the same office, technically called a compound girder. See Illusts. of Frame, and Doubleframed floor, under Double..

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

Girth :: Girth (n.) A small horizontal brace or girder.

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