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Gird :: Gird (v. t.) To make fast, as clothing, by binding with a cord, girdle, bandage, etc..

Camber :: Camber (n.) An upward concavity in the under side of a beam, girder, or lintel; also, a slight upward concavity in a straight arch. See Hogback..

Zoneless :: Zoneless (a.) Not having a zone; ungirded.

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..

Gird :: Gird (v. i.) To gibe; to sneer; to break a scornful jest; to utter severe sarcasms.

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

Waist :: Waist (n.) A girdle or belt for the waist.

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..

Girdler :: Girdler (n.) One who girdles.

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..

Belt :: Belt (n.) That which restrains or confines as a girdle.

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

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

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

Girder :: Girder (n.) One who, or that which, girds..

Shoulder :: Shoulder (n.) The joint, or the region of the joint, by which the fore limb is connected with the body or with the shoulder girdle; the projection formed by the bones and muscles about that joint..

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

Begird :: Begird (v. t.) To bind with a band or girdle; to gird.

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

Bizet :: Bizet (n.) The upper faceted portion of a brilliant-cut diamond, which projects from the setting and occupies the zone between the girdle and the table. See Brilliant, n..

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