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

Gird :: Gird (v.) To strike; to smite.

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..

Begirded :: Begirded () of Begir.

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..

Cutpurse :: Cutpurse (n.) One who cuts purses for the sake of stealing them or their contents (an act common when men wore purses fastened by a string to their girdles); one who steals from the person; a pickpocke.

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

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..

Girth :: Girth (n.) A small horizontal brace or girder.

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

Girding :: Girding (n.) That with which one is girded; a girdle.

Web :: Web (n.) The thin vertical plate or portion connecting the upper and lower flanges of an lower flanges of an iron girder, rolled beam, or railroad rail..

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

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

Girder :: Girder (n.) A main beam; a stright, horizontal beam to span an opening or carry weight, such as ends of floor beams, etc.; hence, a framed or built-up member discharging the same office, technically called a compound girder. See Illusts. of Frame, and Doubleframed floor, under Double..

Truss :: Truss (n.) To strengthen or stiffen, as a beam or girder, by means of a brace or braces..

Templet :: Templet (n.) A short piece of timber, iron, or stone, placed in a wall under a girder or other beam, to distribute the weight or pressure..

Girdlestead :: Girdlestead (n.) The lap.

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..

Girdle :: Girdle (n.) A griddle.

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