Girt

8 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Girt \Girt\ (g[~e]rt),
     imp. & p. p. of {Gird}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Girt \Girt\ (g[~e]rt), n.
     Same as {Girth}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  girt
       See {gird}

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  gird
       v 1: prepare oneself for a military confrontation; "The U.S. is
            girding for a conflict in the Middle East"; "troops are
            building up on the Iraqui border" [syn: {arm}, {build up},
             {fortify}] [ant: {disarm}]
       2: encircle or bind; "Trees girded the green fields" [syn: {girth},
           {girt}, {begird}]
       3: put a girdle on or around; "gird your loins" [syn: {girdle}]
       4: bind with something round or circular [syn: {encircle}]
       [also: {girt}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  girt
       v : encircle or bind; "Trees girded the green fields" [syn: {girth},
            {begird}, {gird}]