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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..

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

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

Crossbeam :: Crossbeam (n.) A girder.

Case-bay :: Case-bay (n.) The space between two principals or girder.

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..

Shoulder :: Shoulder (n.) The joint, or the region of the joint, by which the fore limb is connected with the body or with the shoulder girdle; the projection formed by the bones and muscles about that joint..

Hanger :: Hanger (n.) A strap hung to the girdle, by which a dagger or sword is suspended..

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

Girdle :: Girdle (n.) The line ofgreatest circumference of a brilliant-cut diamond, at which it is grasped by the setting. See Illust. of Brilliant..

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..

Girding :: Girding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gir.

Girdle :: Girdle (n.) A griddle.

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

Girdle :: Girdle (n.) The clitellus of an earthworm.

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

Girdlestead :: Girdlestead (n.) That part of the body where the girdle is worn.

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

Abnet :: Abnet (n.) The girdle of a Jewish priest or officer.

Cincture :: Cincture (n.) A belt, a girdle, or something worn round the body, -- as by an ecclesiastic for confining the alb..

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