Definition of gird

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Gird (v. t.) To surround; to encircle, or encompass..

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Mortise :: Mortise (v. t.) To join or fasten by a tenon and mortise; as, to mortise a beam into a post, or a joist into a girder..
Zone :: Zone (n.) A girdle; a cincture.
Cest :: Cest (n.) A woman's girdle; a cestus.
Summer :: Summer (n.) A large stone or beam placed horizontally on columns, piers, posts, or the like, serving for various uses. Specifically: (a) The lintel of a door or window. (b) The commencement of a cross vault. (c) A central floor timber, as a girder, or a piece reaching from a wall to a girder. Called also summertree..
Zone :: Zone (v. t.) To girdle; to encircle.
Zonule :: Zonule (n.) A little zone, or girdle..
Sworder :: Sworded (a.) Girded with a sword.
Ring :: Ring (v. t.) To make a ring around by cutting away the bark; to girdle; as, to ring branches or roots..
Gird :: Gird (n.) A stroke with a rod or switch; a severe spasm; a twinge; a pang.
Begirdle :: Begirdle (v. t.) To surround as with a girdle.
Girder :: Girder (n.) One who girds; a satirist.
Top :: Top (n.) The part of a cut gem between the girdle, or circumference, and the table, or flat upper surface..
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..
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
Girding :: Girding (n.) That with which one is girded; a girdle.
Belt :: Belt (n.) That which engirdles a person or thing; a band or girdle; as, a lady's belt; a sword belt..
Succinct :: Succinct (a.) Girded or tucked up; bound; drawn tightly together.
Precoracoid :: Precoracoid (n.) The anterior part of the coracoid (often closely united with the clavicle) in the shoulder girdle of many reptiles and amphibians.
Discinct :: Discinct (a.) Ungirded; loosely dressed.
Zoned :: Zoned (a.) Wearing a zone, or girdle..
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