Look up: girdle

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   girdle
   [n] - an encircling or ringlike structure 2. [n] - a band of material around the waist that strengthens a skirt or trousers 3. [v] - cut a girdle around (a plant) so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients 4. [v] - put a girdle on or around
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   girdle
   an axial distribution that has its maximum density in a plane around a great circle(rather than at the end points of an axis) Category: Mathematics
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   Girdle
   A large principal beam made of steel, reinforced concrete, wood or combination of these, used to support other structural members at isolated points along its length.
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   Girdle
   Gir'dle noun A griddle. [ Scot. & Prov. Eng.]
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   Girdle
   Gir'dle noun [ Middle English gurdel , girdel , Anglo-Saxon gyrdel , from gyrdan ; akin to Dutch gordel , German gürtel , Icelandic gyr...ill . See Gird , transitive verb , to encircle, and confer Girth , noun ] 1. That which girds, encircles, or incloses; a circumference; a b ...
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   Girdle
   Gir'dle transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Girdled ; present participle & verbal noun Girdling .] 1. To bind with a belt or sash; to gird. Shak. 2. To inclose; to environ; to shut in. « Those sleeping stones, That as a waist doth girdle you about.» Shak. 3. To m ...
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   girdle
   To kill a tree by severing or removing the living layer of the tree (the phloem) in a ring around its trunk. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...
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   girdle
   noun an encircling or ringlike structure
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   girdle
   verb put a girdle on or around; `gird your loins`
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    girdle
    sash 1 waistband noun a band of material around the waist that strengthens a skirt or trousers
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    Girdle
    The word `girdle` originally meant a belt. In modern English the term `girdle` is most commonly used for a form of women's foundation wear that replaced the corset in popularity.
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    girdle
    (gur´dәl) an encircling or confining structure. pectoral girdle shoulder girdle. pelvic girdle the encircling bony structure supporting the lower limbs. shoulder girdle , thoracic girdle the encircling ...
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    Girdle
    • (n.) The line ofgreatest circumference of a brilliant-cut diamond, at which it is grasped by the setting. See Illust. of Brilliant. • (n.) The zodiac; also, the equator. • (v. t.) To inclose; to environ; to shut in. • (n.) A griddle. • (n.) A thin bed or stratum of stone. • (n.) The clitellus of an earthworm. • ...
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    girdle
    (from the article `corset`) ...(c. 1912 by a Paris couturiere, Madame Cadolle). That garment and the Cavalieri maillot (a topless corset made of elastic material, c. 1913) were ...
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    girdle
    (from the article `lepidopteran`) ...of some sulfur butterflies (family Pieridae), swallowtails (family Papilionidae), and gossamer-winged butterflies (family Lycaenidae), is ...
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    girdle
    A belt; a zone. A structure that has the form of a belt or girdle. Syn: cingulum 1 TA [A.S. gyrdel]
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    girdle
    
    1. an encircling or ringlike structure
    2. a band of material around the waist that strengthens a skirt or trousers
    3. a woman's close-fitting foundation garment
    
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