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Cuirass :: Cuirass (n.) A piece of defensive armor, covering the body from the neck to the girdle.

Overgird :: Overgird (v. t.) To gird too closely.

Girdling :: Girdling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Girdl.

Sea Girdles :: Sea girdles () A kind of kelp (Laminaria digitata) with palmately cleft fronds; -- called also sea wand, seaware, and tangle..

Pavilion :: Pavilion (n.) That part of a brilliant which lies between the girdle and collet. See Illust. of Brilliant.

Zonar :: Zonar (n.) A belt or girdle which the Christians and Jews of the Levant were obliged to wear to distinguish them from Mohammedans.

Seint :: Seint (n.) A girdle.

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..

Cestus :: Cestus (n.) A genus of Ctenophora. The typical species (Cestus Veneris) is remarkable for its brilliant iridescent colors, and its long, girdlelike form..

Coracoid :: Coracoid (a.) Pertaining to a bone of the shoulder girdle in most birds, reptiles, and amphibians, which is reduced to a process of the scapula in most mammals..

Gipsire :: Gipsire (n.) A kind of pouch formerly worn at the girdle.

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

Begirded :: Begirded () of Begir.

Girdlestead :: Girdlestead (n.) That part of the body where the girdle is worn.

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

Shingles :: Shingles (n.) A kind of herpes (Herpes zoster) which spreads half way around the body like a girdle, and is usually attended with violent neuralgic pain..

Belt :: Belt (n.) One of certain girdles or zones on the surface of the planets Jupiter and Saturn, supposed to be of the nature of clouds..

Engirdle :: Engirdle (v. t.) To surround as with a girdle; to girdle.

Flitch :: Flitch (n.) One of several planks, smaller timbers, or iron plates, which are secured together, side by side, to make a large girder or built beam..

Cestus :: Cestus (n.) A girdle; particularly that of Aphrodite (or Venus) which gave the wearer the power of exciting love.

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