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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..

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..

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

Scapula :: Scapula (n.) The principal bone of the shoulder girdle in mammals; the shoulder blade.

Postclavicle :: Postclavicle (n.) A bone in the pectoral girdle of many fishes projecting backward from the clavicle.

Zoned :: Zoned (a.) Wearing a zone, or girdle..

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

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

Seaware :: Seaware (n.) Seaweed; esp., coarse seaweed. See Ware, and Sea girdles..

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

Girdle :: Girdle (n.) A thin bed or stratum of stone.

Gird :: Gird (v. t.) To make fast, as clothing, by binding with a cord, girdle, bandage, etc..

Epicoracoid :: Epicoracoid (n.) A ventral cartilaginous or bony element of the coracoid in the shoulder girdle of some vertebrates.

Waist :: Waist (n.) A girdle or belt for the waist.

Ephod :: Ephod (n.) A part of the sacerdotal habit among Jews, being a covering for the back and breast, held together on the shoulders by two clasps or brooches of onyx stones set in gold, and fastened by a girdle of the same stuff as the ephod. The ephod for the priests was of plain linen; that for the high priest was richly embroidered in colors. The breastplate of the high priest was worn upon the ephod in front..

Surcingled :: Surcingle (n.) The girdle of a cassock, by which it is fastened round the waist..

Seint :: Seint (n.) A girdle.

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

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..

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

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