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

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

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

Seint :: Seint (n.) A girdle.

Girdle :: Girdle (v. t.) To inclose; to environ; to shut in.

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

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

Engirdle :: Engirdle (v. t.) To surround as with a girdle; to girdle.

Girdle :: Girdle (n.) The zodiac; also, the equator..

Bark :: Bark (v. t.) To girdle. See Girdle, v. t., 3..

Abnet :: Abnet (n.) The girdle of a Jewish priest or officer.

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.

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..

Ceint :: Ceint (n.) A girdle.

Unzoned :: Unzoned (a.) Not zoned; not bound with a girdle; as, an unzoned bosom..

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

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

Taeniata :: Taeniata (n. pl.) A division of Ctenophora including those which have a long, ribbonlike body. The Venus's girdle is the most familiar example..

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..

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

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