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To bind or encircle with lace, or as with lace; to lace; to encircle; to enfold; hence, to entangle. Ropes of pearl her neck and breast enlace. P. Fletcher.

To encircle. [R.] The Muses and the Graces, grouped in threes, Enringed a billowing fountain in the midst. Tennyson.

To surround; to encompass; to encircle; to hem in; to be round about; to involve or envelop. Dwelling in a pleasant glade, With mountains round about environed. Spenser. Environed he was with many foes. Shak. Environ me with darkness whilst I write. Donne.

To encircle. Shak.

To wind about; to encircle. In the circle of his arms Enwound us both. Tennyson.

fence, a fence made of rails, sometimes supported by posts. -- Ring fence, a fence which encircles a large area, or a whole estate, within one inclosure. -- Worm fence, a zigzag fence composed of rails crossing one another at their ends; -- called also snake fence, or Virginia rail fence. -- To be on the fence, to b…

A little band, especially one intended to encircle the hair of the head. A belt her waist, a fillet binds her hair. Pope.

To encircle or bind with any flexible band.

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. Within the girdle of these walls. Shak. Their breasts girded with golden girdles. Rev. xv. 6.

To gird; to encircle; to invest by means of a girdle; to measure the girth of; as, to girt a tree. We here create thee the first duke of Suffolk, And girt thee with the sword. Shak.

A band or strap which encircles the body; especially, one by which a saddle is fastened upon the back of a horse.

To form, or surround with, a halo; to encircle with, or as with, a halo. The fire That haloed round his saintly brow. Sothey.

To clasp; to encircle; to surround. Shak.

See Encircle.

To clasp within; to hold fast to; to embrace or encircle. [Written also enclasp.] The flattering ivy who did ever see Inclasp the huge trunk of an aged tree. F. Beaumont.

To encircle to gird; to engirt. The wreath is ivy that ingirts our beams. Drayton.

To encircle. [R.] Beau. & Fl.

A ball or globe forming part of the regalia of an emperor or other sovereign. It is encircled with bands, enriched with precious stones, and surmounted with a cross; -- called also globe.

erver and surrounding objects are seen projected on the cloud, greatly enlarged and often encircled by rainbow colors.

To encircle; to surround; to inclose. [Poetic] The wheels were orbed with gold. Addison.