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Girdled :: Girdled (imp. & p. p.) of Girdl.

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

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

Zone :: Zone (n.) A girdle; a cincture.

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

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

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

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

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

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 zodiac; also, the equator..

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.

Cingulum :: Cingulum (n.) A distinct girdle or band of color; a raised spiral line as seen on certain univalve shells.

Girdler :: Girdler (n.) One who girdles.

Cest :: Cest (n.) A woman's girdle; a cestus.

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..

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..

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

Belt :: Belt (n.) That which engirdles a person or thing; a band or girdle; as, a lady's belt; a sword belt..

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

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