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

Top :: Top (n.) The part of a cut gem between the girdle, or circumference, and the table, or flat upper surface..

Girded :: Girded () of Gir.

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

Crossbeam :: Crossbeam (n.) A girder.

Cordelier :: Cordelier (n.) A Franciscan; -- so called in France from the girdle of knotted cord worn by all Franciscans.

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..

Girdlestead :: Girdlestead (n.) The lap.

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..

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

Postclavicle :: Postclavicle (n.) A bone in the pectoral girdle of many fishes projecting backward from the clavicle.

Engirt :: Engirt (v. t.) To engird.

Summer :: Summer (n.) A large stone or beam placed horizontally on columns, piers, posts, or the like, serving for various uses. Specifically: (a) The lintel of a door or window. (b) The commencement of a cross vault. (c) A central floor timber, as a girder, or a piece reaching from a wall to a girder. Called also summertree..

Engirded :: Engirded (imp. & p. p.) of Engir.

Girdle :: Girdle (n.) That which girds, encircles, or incloses; a circumference; a belt; esp., a belt, sash, or article of dress encircling the body usually at the waist; a cestus..

Surcingled :: Surcingle (n.) The girdle of a cassock, by which it is fastened round the waist..

Ingirt :: Ingirt (v. t.) To encircle to gird; to engirt.

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.

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