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Anlace :: Anlace (n.) A broad dagger formerly worn at the girdle.

Gird :: Gird (v.) To sneer at; to mock; to gibe.

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

Gird :: Gird (n.) A stroke with a rod or switch; a severe spasm; a twinge; a pang.

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..

Headway :: Headway (n.) Clear space under an arch, girder, and the like, sufficient to allow of easy passing underneath..

Engird :: Engird (v. t.) To gird; to encompass.

Unbelt :: Unbelt (v. t.) To remove or loose the belt of; to ungird.

Zonule :: Zonule (n.) A little zone, or girdle..

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..

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

Begirt :: Begirt (v. t.) To encompass; to begird.

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..

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..

Girdle :: Girdle (n.) A thin bed or stratum of stone.

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

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

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

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..

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

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