Definition of girdle

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

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Zoned :: Zoned (a.) Wearing a zone, or girdle..
Precoracoid :: Precoracoid (n.) The anterior part of the coracoid (often closely united with the clavicle) in the shoulder girdle of many reptiles and amphibians.
Girdler :: Girdler (n.) One who girdles.
Epicoracoid :: Epicoracoid (n.) A ventral cartilaginous or bony element of the coracoid in the shoulder girdle of some vertebrates.
Hanger :: Hanger (n.) A strap hung to the girdle, by which a dagger or sword is suspended..
Bizet :: Bizet (n.) The upper faceted portion of a brilliant-cut diamond, which projects from the setting and occupies the zone between the girdle and the table. See Brilliant, n..
Scapula :: Scapula (n.) The principal bone of the shoulder girdle in mammals; the shoulder blade.
Girdlestead :: Girdlestead (n.) The lap.
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
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..
Girdle :: Girdle (n.) The zodiac; also, the equator..
Zone :: Zone (n.) A girdle; a cincture.
Seawand :: Seawand () See Sea girdles.
Belt :: Belt (n.) That which restrains or confines as a girdle.
Girdle :: Girdle (n.) The clitellus of an earthworm.
Girdler :: Girdler (n.) A maker of girdles.
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..
Zonule :: Zonule (n.) A little zone, or girdle..
Coracoid :: Coracoid (a.) Pertaining to a bone of the shoulder girdle in most birds, reptiles, and amphibians, which is reduced to a process of the scapula in most mammals..
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