Webster's Dictionary 1913

1378

Gird (2)

Gird, v. t. [See Gird, n., and cf. Girde, v.]1. To strike; to smite.To slay him and to girden off his head. Chaucer.2. To sneer at; to mock; to gibe.Being moved, he will not spa...

1379

Gird (3)

Gird, v. i. To gibe; to sneer; to break a scornful jest; to utter severe sarcasms.Men of all sorts take a pride to gird at me. Shak.

1380

Gird (4)

Gird (gẽrd), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Girt (?) or Girded; p. pr. & vb. n.Girding.] [OE. girden, gurden, AS. gyrdan; akin to OS. gurdian, D. gorden, OHG. gurten, G. gürten, Icel. gyrða...

1381

Girder

Gird″er (?), n. [From Gird to sneer at.] One who girds; a satirist.

1382

Girder (2)

Gird″er, n. [From Gird to encircle.]1. One who, or that which, girds.2. (Arch. & Engin.) A main beam; a stright, horizontal beam to span an opening or carry weight, such as ends...

1383

Girding

Gird″ing, n. That with which one is girded; a girdle.Instead of a stomacher, a girding of sackcloth. Is. iii. 24.

1384

Girdle

Gir″dle (?), n. A griddle.

1385

Girdle (2)

Gir″dle, n. [OE. gurdel, girdel, AS. gyrdel, fr. gyrdan; akin to D. gordel, G. gürtel, Icel. gyr�ill. See Gird, v. t., to encircle, and cf. Girth, n.]1. That which girds, encirc...

1386

Girdle (3)

Gir″dle, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Girdled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Girdling (?).] 1. To bind with a belt or sash; to gird. Shak.2. To inclose; to environ; to shut in.Those sleeping stones,...

1387

Girdler

Gir″dler (?), n. 1. One who girdles.2. A maker of girdles.3. (Zoöl.) An American longicorn beetle (Oncideres cingulatus) which lays its eggs in the twigs of the hickory, and the...

1388

Girdlestead

Gir″dle‐stead (?), n. [Girdle + stead place.]1. That part of the body where the girdle is worn.Sheathed, beneath his girdlestead. Chapman.2. The lap.There fell a flower into her...

1389

Gire

Gire (?), n. See Gyre.

1390

Girkin

Gir″kin (?), n. See Gherkin.

1391

Girl

Girl (?), n. [OE. girle, gerle, gurle, a girl (in sense 1): cf. LG. gör child.]1. A young person of either sex; a child. Chaucer.2. A female child, from birth to the age of pube...

1392

Girlhood

Girl″hood (?), n. State or time of being a girl.

1393

Girlish

Girl″ish, a. Like, or characteristic of, a girl; of or pertaining to girlhood; innocent; artless; immature; weak; as, girlish ways; girlish grief. — Girl″ish‐ly, adv. — Girl″ish...

1394

Girlond

Gir″lond (?), n. [See Garland, n.] A garland; a prize. Chapman.

1395

Girn

Girn (?), v. i. [See Grin, n.] To grin.

1396

Girondist

Gi‐ron″dist (?), n. [F. Girondiste.] A member of the moderate republican party formed in the French legislative assembly in 1791. The Girondists were so called because their lea...

1397

Girondist (2)

Gi‐ron″dist, a. Of or pertaining to the Girondists. [Written also Girondin.]

1398

Girrock

Gir″rock (?), n. [Cf. Prov. F. chicarou.] (Zoöl.) A garfish. Johnson.

1399

Girt

Girt (?), imp. & p. p. of Gird.

1400

Girt (2)

Girt, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Girted; p. pr. & vb. n.Girting.] [From Girt, n., cf. Girth, v.] To gird; to encircle; to invest by means of a girdle; to measure the girth of; as, to gi...

1401

Girt (3)

Girt, a.(Naut.) Bound by a cable; — used of a vessel so moored by two anchors that she swings against one of the cables by force of the current or tide.

1402

Girt (4)

Girt (gẽrt), n. Same as Girth.

1403

Girth

Girth (gẽrth), n. [Icel. gjörð girdle, or gerð girth; akin to Goth. gaírda girdle. See Gird to girt, and cf. Girdle, n.] 1. A band or strap which encircles the body; especially,...

1404

Girth (2)

Girth, v. t. [From Girth, n., cf. Girt, v. t.] To bind as with a girth. Johnson.