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Girdler :: Girdler (n.) An American longicorn beetle (Oncideres cingulatus) which lays its eggs in the twigs of the hickory, and then girdles each branch by gnawing a groove around it, thus killing it to provide suitable food for the larvae..

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..

Ungird :: Ungird (v. t.) To loose the girdle or band of; to unbind; to unload.

Cest :: Cest (n.) A woman's girdle; a cestus.

Cinctured :: Cinctured (n.) Having or wearing a cincture or girdle.

Mortise :: Mortise (v. t.) To join or fasten by a tenon and mortise; as, to mortise a beam into a post, or a joist into a girder..

Sash :: Sash (n.) A scarf or band worn about the waist, over the shoulder, or otherwise; a belt; a girdle, -- worn by women and children as an ornament; also worn as a badge of distinction by military officers, members of societies, etc..

Tunic :: Tunic (n.) An under-garment worn by the ancient Romans of both sexes. It was made with or without sleeves, reached to or below the knees, and was confined at the waist by a girdle..

Girding :: Girding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gir.

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

Girdle :: Girdle (n.) A griddle.

Ceint :: Ceint (n.) A girdle.

Gird :: Gird (n.) A cut; a sarcastic remark; a gibe; a sneer.

Girdle :: Girdle (v. t.) To bind with a belt or sash; to gird.

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

Zone :: Zone (n.) A girdle; a cincture.

Girdled :: Girdled (imp. & p. p.) of Girdl.

Bolster :: Bolster (n.) A plate of iron or a mass of wood under the end of a bridge girder, to keep the girder from resting directly on the abutment..

Span :: Span (v. t.) The spread or extent of an arch between its abutments, or of a beam, girder, truss, roof, bridge, or the like, between its supports..

Gain :: Gain (n.) A square or beveled notch cut out of a girder, binding joist, or other timber which supports a floor beam, so as to receive the end of the floor beam..

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