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Orthostade :: Orthostade (n.) A chiton, or loose, ungirded tunic, falling in straight folds..

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..

Belt :: Belt (n.) That which restrains or confines as a girdle.

Cestus :: Cestus (n.) A genus of Ctenophora. The typical species (Cestus Veneris) is remarkable for its brilliant iridescent colors, and its long, girdlelike form..

Anlace :: Anlace (n.) A broad dagger formerly worn at the girdle.

Cuirass :: Cuirass (n.) A piece of defensive armor, covering the body from the neck to the girdle.

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

Succinct :: Succinct (a.) Girded or tucked up; bound; drawn tightly together.

Bolster :: Bolster (n.) A plate of iron or a mass of wood under the end of a bridge girder, to keep the girder from resting directly on the abutment..

Girder :: Girder (n.) One who girds; a satirist.

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

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..

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..

Gird :: Gird (v. i.) To gibe; to sneer; to break a scornful jest; to utter severe sarcasms.

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

Seint :: Seint (n.) A girdle.

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..

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..

Zonule :: Zonule (n.) A little zone, or girdle..

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

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