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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.

ce of anything. He's a lu sty, jolly fellow, that lives well, at least three yards in the girth. Addison.

A gantline. Hammock girtline, a line rigged for hanging out hammocks to dry.

To encompass; to begird. Milton.

To engird. [R.] Collins.

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

Surrounded by the water of the sea or ocean; as, a seagirt isle. Milton.

as God's messengers. O, welcome, pure-eyed Faith, white-handed Hope, Thou hovering angel, girt with golden wings. Milton.

so as to cover the belly. Shak. -- Belly fretting, the chafing of a horse's belly with a girth. Johnson. -- Belly timber, food. [Ludicrous] Prior. -- Belly worm, a worm that breeds or lives in the belly (stomach or intestines). Johnson.

A band that passes under the belly of a horse and holds the saddle or harness in place; a girth.

Encircled by, or secured with, a belt; as, a belted plaid; girt with a belt, as an honorary distinction; as, a belted knight; a belted earl.

A strong saddle girth, as of canvas. [West. U. S.]

A girth. [R.] See Surcingle.

Girt about the spire with a row of tubercles or spines; -- said of spiral shells.

he wooden stock under the barrel, forward of the trigger guard, or breech frame. -- Fore girth, a girth for the fore part (of a horse, etc.); a martingale. -- Fore hammer, a sledge hammer, working alternately, or in time, with the hand hammer. -- Fore leg, one of the front legs of a quadruped, or multiped, or of a c…

A line rigged to a mast; -- used in hoisting rigging; a girtline.

To surround; to encircle, or encompass. That Nyseian isle, Girt with the River Triton. Milton.

An island. [Poetic] Imperial rule of all the seagirt isles. Milton.

A strap for tightening a saddle girth. [Western U. S. & Sp. Amer.]

vassal; a subject. Like master, like man. Old Proverb. The vassal, or tenant, kneeling, ungirt, uncovered, and holding up his hands between those of his lord, professed that he did become his man from that day forth, of life, limb, and earthly honor. Blackstone.