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That part of the body where the girdle is worn. [Obs.] Sheathed, beneath his girdlestead. Chapman.

A piece of plate armor covering the same parts and worn over the buff coat in the 17th century, and without other steel armor. Unfix the gorget's iron clasp. Sir W. Scott.

A loose wrapper worn by gentlemen within doors; a dressing gown.

A short jacket or cloak, made of very thick, coarse cloth, with a hood attached, worn by the Greeks and others in the Levant. [Written also griego.]

ing, grinding, the wearing force of flowing water, or constant travel; a depressed way; a worn path; a rut.

A kind of short chemisette, worn with a low-necked dress.

A channel or hollow worn in the earth by a current of water; a short deep portion of a torrent's bed when dry.

To deepen and enlarge the spaces between the teeth of (a worn saw). See Gummer.

ch-cutting tool, or machine for deepening and enlarging the spaces between the teeth of a worn saw.

ard appearance; attire; dress; hence, a garment; esp., a closely fitting garment or dress worn by ladies; as, a riding habit. Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy. Shak. There are, among the states, several of Venus, in different habits. Addison.

A large piece of woolen or cotton cloth worn by Arabs as an outer garment. [Written also hyke.] Heyse.

A piece of cloth shaped like a handkerchief to be worn about the neck; a neckerchief; a neckcloth.

That which hangs or is suspended, as a sword worn at the side; especially, in the 18th century, a short, curved sword.

A worn-out strumpet; a vixenish woman; a hag. Such a weak, watery, wicked old harridan, substituted for the pretty creature I had been used to see. De Quincey.

A covering for the head; esp., one with a crown and brim, made of various materials, and worn by men or women for protecting the head from the sun or weather, or for ornament. Hat block, a block on which hats are formed or dressed. -- To pass around the hat, to take up a collection of voluntary contributions, which ar…

A band round the crown of a hat; sometimes, a band of black cloth, crape, etc., worn as a badge of mourning.

e slovenly or in a poor plight. -- To be out at the heels, to have on stockings that are worn out; hence, to be shabby, or in a poor plight. Shak. -- To cool the heels. See under Cool. -- To go heels over head, to turn over so as to bring the heels uppermost; hence, to move in a inconsiderate, or rash, manner. -- T…

A helmet-shaped hat, made of cork, felt, metal, or other suitable material, worn as part of the uniform of soldiers, firemen, etc., also worn in hot countries as a protection from the heat of the sun.

ting to Hesse, in Germany, or to the Hessians. Hessian boots, or Hessians, boot of a kind worn in England, in the early part of the nineteenth century, tasseled in front. Thackeray. -- Hessian cloth, or Hessians, a coarse hempen cloth for sacking. -- Hessian crucible. See under Crucible. -- Hessian fly (Zoöl.), a sm…

Applied to coarse cloth made of undyed wool, formerly worn by Scotch peasants. [Scot.]