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Gir"dle (?), n. A griddle. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]
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Gir"dle, n. [OE. gurdel, girdel, AS. gyrdel, fr. gyrdan; akin to D. gordel, G. g&ü;rtel, Icel. gyr&unr_;ill. See Gird, v. t., to encircle, and cf. Girth, n.]
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1. 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.
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Within the girdle of these walls. Shak.
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Their breasts girded with golden girdles. Rev. xv. 6.
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2. The zodiac; also, the equator. [Poetic] Bacon.
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From the world's girdle to the frozen pole. Cowper.
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That gems the starry girdle of the year. Campbell.
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3. (Jewelry) The line ofgreatest circumference of a brilliant-cut diamond, at which it is grasped by the setting. See Illust. of Brilliant. Knight.
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4. (Mining) A thin bed or stratum of stone. Raymond.
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5. (Zo&ö;l.) The clitellus of an earthworm.
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Girdle bone (Anat.), the sphenethmoid. See under Sphenethmoid. -- Girdle wheel, a spinning wheel. -- Sea girdle (Zo&ö;l.), a ctenophore. See Venus's girdle, under Venus. -- Shoulder, Pectoral, and Pelvic, girdle. (Anat.) See under Pectoral, and Pelvic. -- To have under the girdle, to have bound to one, that is, in subjection.
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Gir"dle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Girdled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Girdling (?).] 1. To bind with a belt or sash; to gird. Shak.
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2. To inclose; to environ; to shut in.
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Those sleeping stones,
That as a waist doth girdle you about. Shak.
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3. To make a cut or gnaw a groove around (a tree, etc.) through the bark and alburnum, thus killing it. [U. S.]
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