girt

Gird \Gird\ (g[~e]rd), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Girt}or {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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