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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
girdle
    n 1: an encircling or ringlike structure
    2: a band of material around the waist that strengthens a skirt
       or trousers [syn: girdle, cincture, sash, waistband,
       waistcloth]
    3: a woman's close-fitting foundation garment [syn: corset,
       girdle, stays]
    v 1: cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the
         circulation of water and nutrients; "girdle the plant"
         [syn: girdle, deaden]
    2: put a girdle on or around; "gird your loins" [syn: girdle,
       gird]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Girdle \Gir"dle\, n.
   A griddle. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Girdle \Gir"dle\, n. [OE. gurdel, girdel, AS. gyrdel, fr.
   gyrdan; akin to D. gordel, G. g["u]rtel, Icel. gyr?ill. See
   Gird, v. t., to encircle, and cf. Girth, n.]
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   1. 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.
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            Within the girdle of these walls.     --Shak.
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            Their breasts girded with golden girdles. --Rev. xv.
                                                  6.
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   2. The zodiac; also, the equator. [Poetic] --Bacon.
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            From the world's girdle to the frozen pole.
                                                  --Cowper.
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            That gems the starry girdle of the year. --Campbell.
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   3. (Jewelry) The line ofgreatest circumference of a
      brilliant-cut diamond, at which it is grasped by the
      setting. See Illust. of Brilliant. --Knight.
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   4. (Mining) A thin bed or stratum of stone. --Raymond.
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   5. (Zool.) The clitellus of an earthworm.
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   Girdle bone (Anat.), the sphenethmoid. See under
      Sphenethmoid.

   Girdle wheel, a spinning wheel.

   Sea girdle (Zool.), a ctenophore. See Venus's girdle,
      under Venus.

   Shoulder, Pectoral, & Pelvic, girdle. (Anat.) See
      under Pectoral, and Pelvic.

   To have under the girdle, to have bound to one, that is, in
      subjection.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Girdle \Gir"dle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Girdled; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Girdling.]
   1. To bind with a belt or sash; to gird. --Shak.
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   2. To inclose; to environ; to shut in.
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            Those sleeping stones,
            That as a waist doth girdle you about. --Shak.
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   3. To make a cut or gnaw a groove around (a tree, etc.)
      through the bark and alburnum, thus killing it. [U. S.]
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5. Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
Girdle
   (1.) Heb. hagor, a girdle of any kind worn by soldiers (1 Sam.
   18:4; 2 Sam. 20:8; 1 Kings 2:5; 2 Kings 3:21) or women (Isa.
   3:24).
   
     (2.) Heb. 'ezor, something "bound," worn by prophets (2 Kings
   1:8; Jer. 13:1), soldiers (Isa. 5:27; 2 Sam. 20:8; Ezek. 23:15),
   Kings (Job 12:18).
   
     (3.) Heb. mezah, a "band," a girdle worn by men alone (Ps.
   109:19; Isa. 22:21).
   
     (4.) Heb. 'abnet, the girdle of sacerdotal and state officers
   (Ex. 28:4, 39, 40; 29:9; 39:29).
   
     (5.) Heb. hesheb, the "curious girdle" (Ex. 28:8; R.V.,
   "cunningly woven band") was attached to the ephod, and was made
   of the same material.
   
     The common girdle was made of leather (2 Kings 1:8; Matt.
   3:4); a finer sort of linen (Jer. 13:1; Ezek. 16:10; Dan. 10:5).
   Girdles of sackcloth were worn in token of sorrow (Isa. 3:24;
   22:12). They were variously fastened to the wearer (Mark 1:6;
   Jer. 13:1; Ezek. 16:10).
   
     The girdle was a symbol of strength and power (Job 12:18, 21;
   30:11; Isa. 22:21; 45:5). "Righteousness and faithfulness" are
   the girdle of the Messiah (Isa. 11:5).
   
     Girdles were used as purses or pockets (Matt. 10:9. A. V.,
   "purses;" R.V., marg., "girdles." Also Mark 6:8).
   

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