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Webster 1913 Edition


Gird

Gird

(gẽrd)
,
Noun.
[See
Yard
a measure.]
1.
A stroke with a rod or switch; a severe spasm; a twinge; a pang.
Conscience . . . is freed from many fearful
girds
and twinges which the atheist feels.
Tillotson.
2.
A cut; a sarcastic remark; a gibe; a sneer.
I thank thee for that
gird
, good Tranio.
Shakespeare

Gird

,
Verb.
T.
[See
Gird
,
Noun.
, and cf.
Girde
,
Verb.
]
1.
To strike; to smite.
[Obs.]
To slay him and to
girden
off his head.
Chaucer.
2.
To sneer at; to mock; to gibe.
Being moved, he will not spare to
gird
the gods.
Shakespeare

Gird

,
Verb.
I.
To gibe; to sneer; to break a scornful jest; to utter severe sarcasms.
Men of all sorts take a pride to
gird
at me.
Shakespeare

Gird

(gẽrd)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Girt
or
Girded
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Girding
.]
[OE.
girden
,
gurden
, AS.
gyrdan
; akin to OS.
gurdian
, D.
gorden
, OHG.
gurten
, G.
gürten
, Icel.
gyrða
, Sw.
gjorda
, Dan.
giorde
, Goth.
bigaírdan
to begird, and prob. to E.
yard
an inclosure. Cf.
Girth
,
Noun.
&
Verb.
,
Girt
,
Verb.
T.
]
1.
To encircle or bind with any flexible band.
2.
To make fast, as clothing, by binding with a cord, girdle, bandage, etc.
3.
To surround; to encircle, or encompass.
That Nyseian isle,
Girt
with the River Triton.
Milton.
4.
To clothe; to swathe; to invest.
I
girded
thee about with fine linen.
Ezek. xvi. 10.
The Son . . . appeared
Girt
with omnipotence.
Milton.
5.
To prepare; to make ready; to equip;
as, to
gird
one’s self for a contest
.
Thou hast
girded
me with strength.
Ps. xviii. 39.
To gird on
,
to put on; to fasten around or to one securely, like a girdle; as, to gird on armor or a sword.

To gird up
,
to bind tightly with a girdle; to support and strengthen, as with a girdle.
He
girded up
his loins, and ran before Ahab.
1 Kings xviii. 46.
Girt up
; prepared or equipped, as for a journey or for work, in allusion to the ancient custom of gathering the long flowing garments into the girdle and tightening it before any exertion; hence, adjectively, eagerly or constantly active; strenuous; striving. “A severer, more girt-up way of living.”
J. C. Shairp.

Webster 1828 Edition


Gird

GIRD

,
Noun.
gurd. [Eng. a yard.]
1.
A twitch or pang; a sudden spasm, which resembles the stroke of a rod or the pressure of a band.
2.
In popular language, a severe stroke of a stick or whip.

GIRD

,
Verb.
T.
gurd. pret. and pp. girded or girt.
1.
To bind by surrounding with any flexible substance, as with a twig, a cord, bandage or cloth; as, to gird the loins with sackcloth.
2.
To make fast by binding; to put on; usually with on; as, to gird on a harness; to gird on a sword.
3.
To invest; to surround.
The Son appeared,
Girt with omnipotence.
4.
To clothe; to dress; to habit.
I girded thee about with fine linen. Ezek. 16.
5.
To furnish; to equip.
Girded with snaky wiles.
6.
To surround; to encircle; to inclose; to encompass.
The Nyseian isle,
Girt with the river Triton.
7.
To gibe; to reproach severly; to lash.

GIRD

,
Verb.
I.
To gibe; to sneer; to break a scornful jest; to utter severe sarcasms.
Men of all sorts take a pride to gird at me.

Definition 2024


gird

gird

See also: gırd

English

Heracles girding Antaeus

Verb

gird (third-person singular simple present girds, present participle girding, simple past and past participle girded or girt)

  1. (transitive) To bind with a flexible rope or cord.
    The fasces were girt about with twine in bundles large.
  2. (transitive) To encircle with, or as if with a belt.
    The lady girt herself with silver chain, from which she hung a golden shear.
    Our home is girt by sea... - Advance Australia Fair
  3. (transitive) To prepare oneself for an action.
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Etymology 2

Noun

gird (plural girds)

  1. A sarcastic remark.
    • Shakespeare
      I thank thee for that gird, good Tranio.
  2. A stroke with a rod or switch.
  3. A severe spasm; a twinge; a pang.
    • Tillotson
      Conscience [] is freed from many fearful girds and twinges which the atheist feels.
Translations

Verb

gird (third-person singular simple present girds, present participle girding, simple past and past participle girded)

  1. (transitive) To jeer at.
    • Shakespeare
      Being moved, he will not spare to gird the gods.
  2. (intransitive) To jeer.
    • Shakespeare
      Men of all sorts take a pride to gird at me.
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