girt

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girt - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Gird \Gird\ (g[~e]rd), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Girtor Girded; p.
     pr. & vb. n. Girding.] [OE. girden, gurden, AS. gyrdan;
     akin to OS. gurdian, D. gorden, OHG. gurten, G. g["u]rten,
     Icel. gyr[eth]a, Sw. gjorda, Dan. giorde, Goth. biga['i]rdan
     to begird, and prob. to E. yard an inclosure. Cf. Girth, n.
     & v., Girt, v. t.]
     1. To encircle or bind with any flexible band.
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     2. To make fast, as clothing, by binding with a cord, girdle,
        bandage, etc.
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     3. To surround; to encircle, or encompass.
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              That Nyseian isle,
              Girt with the River Triton.           --Milton.
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     4. To clothe; to swathe; to invest.
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              I girded thee about with fine linen.  --Ezek. xvi.
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              The Son . . . appeared
              Girt with omnipotence.                --Milton.
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     5. To prepare; to make ready; to equip; as, to gird one's
        self for a contest.
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              Thou hast girded me with strength.    --Ps. xviii.
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     To gird on, to put on; to fasten around or to one securely,
        like a girdle; as, to gird on armor or a sword.
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              Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast
              himself as he that putteth it off.    --1 Kings xx.
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     To gird up, to bind tightly with a girdle; to support and
        strengthen, as with a girdle.
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              He girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab. --1
                                                    Kings xviii.
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              Gird up the loins of your mind.       --1 Pet. i.
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     Girt up; prepared or equipped, as for a journey or for
        work, in allusion to the ancient custom of gathering the
        long flowing garments into the girdle and tightening it
        before any exertion; hence, adjectively, eagerly or
        constantly active; strenuous; striving. "A severer, more
        girt-up way of living." --J. C. Shairp.
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  Girt \Girt\ (g[~e]rt),
     imp. & p. p. of Gird.
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  Girt \Girt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Girted; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Girting.] [From Girt, n., cf. Girth, v.]
     To gird; to encircle; to invest by means of a girdle; to
     measure the girth of; as, to girt a tree.
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           We here create thee the first duke of Suffolk,
           And girt thee with the sword.            --Shak.
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  Girt \Girt\, a. (Naut.)
     Bound by a cable; -- used of a vessel so moored by two
     anchors that she swings against one of the cables by force of
     the current or tide.
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  Girt \Girt\ (g[~e]rt), n.
     Same as Girth.
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