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

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

Shingles :: Shingles (n.) A kind of herpes (Herpes zoster) which spreads half way around the body like a girdle, and is usually attended with violent neuralgic pain..

Ungird :: Ungird (v. t.) To loose the girdle or band of; to unbind; to unload.

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

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

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

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

Gird :: Gird (v.) To sneer at; to mock; to gibe.

Girded :: Girded () of Gir.

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..

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

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

Engirded :: Engirded (imp. & p. p.) of Engir.

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

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

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..

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..

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

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

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