Definition of girdle

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Girdle (v. t.) To make a cut or gnaw a groove around (a tree, etc.) through the bark and alburnum, thus killing it..

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Cuirass :: Cuirass (n.) A piece of defensive armor, covering the body from the neck to the girdle.
Girdle :: Girdle (n.) A griddle.
Girdle :: Girdle (v. t.) To make a cut or gnaw a groove around (a tree, etc.) through the bark and alburnum, thus killing it..
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..
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..
Pavilion :: Pavilion (n.) That part of a brilliant which lies between the girdle and collet. See Illust. of Brilliant.
Seaware :: Seaware (n.) Seaweed; esp., coarse seaweed. See Ware, and Sea girdles..
Girdlestead :: Girdlestead (n.) The lap.
Cincture :: Cincture (n.) A belt, a girdle, or something worn round the body, -- as by an ecclesiastic for confining the alb..
Seint :: Seint (n.) A girdle.
Girdle :: Girdle (n.) The clitellus of an earthworm.
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
Girdled :: Girdled (imp. & p. p.) of Girdl.
Ceint :: Ceint (n.) A girdle.
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.
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..
Zone :: Zone (v. t.) To girdle; to encircle.
Girdle :: Girdle (v. t.) To inclose; to environ; to shut in.
Unzoned :: Unzoned (a.) Not zoned; not bound with a girdle; as, an unzoned bosom..
Zoned :: Zoned (a.) Wearing a zone, or girdle..
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