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Girth :: Girth (n.) A small horizontal brace or girder.

Truss :: Truss (n.) To strengthen or stiffen, as a beam or girder, by means of a brace or braces..

Begirding :: Begirding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Begir.

Girdle :: Girdle (n.) The zodiac; also, the equator..

Begird :: Begird (v. t.) To surround as with a band; to encompass.

Tail-bay :: Tail-bay (n.) One of the joists which rest one end on the wall and the other on a girder; also, the space between a wall and the nearest girder of a floor. Cf. Case-bay..

Bark :: Bark (v. t.) To girdle. See Girdle, v. t., 3..

Deflection :: Deflection (n.) The bending which a beam or girder undergoes from its own weight or by reason of a load.

Cincture :: Cincture (n.) A belt, a girdle, or something worn round the body, -- as by an ecclesiastic for confining the alb..

Ring :: Ring (v. t.) To make a ring around by cutting away the bark; to girdle; as, to ring branches or roots..

Gird :: Gird (v. t.) To prepare; to make ready; to equip; as, to gird one's self for a contest..

Case-bay :: Case-bay (n.) One of the joists framed between a pair of girders in naked flooring.

Frock :: Frock (n.) A coarse gown worn by monks or friars, and supposed to take the place of all, or nearly all, other garments. It has a hood which can be drawn over the head at pleasure, and is girded by a cord..

Girdle :: Girdle (n.) The line ofgreatest circumference of a brilliant-cut diamond, at which it is grasped by the setting. See Illust. of Brilliant..

Case-bay :: Case-bay (n.) The space between two principals or girder.

Zone :: Zone (v. t.) To girdle; to encircle.

Girt :: Girt () imp. & p. p. of Gird.

Succinct :: Succinct (a.) Girded or tucked up; bound; drawn tightly together.

Ceint :: Ceint (n.) A girdle.

Girdle :: 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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