- (n.) The line ofgreatest circumference of a brilliant-cut diamond, at which it is grasped by the setting. See Illust. of Brilliant.
- (n.) The zodiac; also, the equator.
- (v.t.) To inclose; to environ; to shut in.
- (n.) A griddle.
- (n.) A thin bed or stratum of stone.
- (n.) The clitellus of an earthworm.
- (v.t.) To make a cut or gnaw a groove around (a tree, etc.) through the bark and alburnum, thus killing it.
- (n.) That which girds, encircles or incloses; a circumference; a belt; especially, a belt, sash or article of dress encircling the body usually at the waist; a cestus.
- (v.t.) To bind with a belt or sash; to gird.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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