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

Girdlestead :: Girdlestead (n.) The lap.

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

Cutpurse :: Cutpurse (n.) One who cuts purses for the sake of stealing them or their contents (an act common when men wore purses fastened by a string to their girdles); one who steals from the person; a pickpocke.

Ring :: Ring (v. t.) To make a ring around by cutting away the bark; to girdle; as, to ring branches or roots..

Girdle :: Girdle (n.) That which girds, encircles, or incloses; a circumference; a belt; esp., a belt, sash, or article of dress encircling the body usually at the waist; a cestus..

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

Begirdle :: Begirdle (v. t.) To surround as with a 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..

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..

Cordelier :: Cordelier (n.) A Franciscan; -- so called in France from the girdle of knotted cord worn by all Franciscans.

Begird :: Begird (v. t.) To bind with a band or girdle; to gird.

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

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

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

Bark :: Bark (v. t.) To girdle. See Girdle, v. t., 3..

Gipsire :: Gipsire (n.) A kind of pouch formerly worn at the girdle.

Engirdle :: Engirdle (v. t.) To surround as with a girdle; to girdle.

Top :: Top (n.) The part of a cut gem between the girdle, or circumference, and the table, or flat upper surface..

Ceint :: Ceint (n.) A girdle.

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