Definition of girdle

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

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Zodiac :: Zodiac (n.) A girdle; a belt.
Top :: Top (n.) The part of a cut gem between the girdle, or circumference, and the table, or flat upper surface..
Seaware :: Seaware (n.) Seaweed; esp., coarse seaweed. See Ware, and Sea girdles..
Girdlestead :: Girdlestead (n.) That part of the body where the girdle is worn.
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..
Zonule :: Zonule (n.) A little zone, or girdle..
Girdle :: Girdle (n.) The zodiac; also, the equator..
Surcingled :: Surcingle (n.) The girdle of a cassock, by which it is fastened round 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..
Gipsire :: Gipsire (n.) A kind of pouch formerly worn at the girdle.
Brilliant :: Brilliant (a.) A diamond or other gem of the finest cut, formed into faces and facets, so as to reflect and refract the light, by which it is rendered more brilliant. It has at the middle, or top, a principal face, called the table, which is surrounded by a number of sloping facets forming a bizet; below, it has a small face or collet, parallel to the table, connected with the girdle by a pavilion of elongated facets. It is thus distinguished from the rose diamond, which is entirely covered with
Begirdle :: Begirdle (v. t.) To surround as with a girdle.
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..
Girdle :: Girdle (v. t.) To make a cut or gnaw a groove around (a tree, etc.) through the bark and alburnum, thus killing it..
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..
Zoned :: Zoned (a.) Wearing a zone, or girdle..
Precoracoid :: Precoracoid (n.) The anterior part of the coracoid (often closely united with the clavicle) in the shoulder girdle of many reptiles and amphibians.
Cingulum :: Cingulum (n.) A distinct girdle or band of color; a raised spiral line as seen on certain univalve shells.
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..
Girdled :: Girdled (imp. & p. p.) of Girdl.
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