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Webster 1913 Edition
Gird
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
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
.] 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 contestThou 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.
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.
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.
Men of all sorts take a pride to gird at me.
Definition 2024
gird
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English
Heracles girding Antaeus
Verb
gird (third-person singular simple present girds, present participle girding, simple past and past participle girded or girt)
- (transitive) To bind with a flexible rope or cord.
- The fasces were girt about with twine in bundles large.
- (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
- (transitive) To prepare oneself for an action.
Translations
to bind with a flexible rope or cord
to encircle with, or as if with a belt
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Etymology 2
Noun
gird (plural girds)
- A sarcastic remark.
- Shakespeare
- I thank thee for that gird, good Tranio.
- Shakespeare
- A stroke with a rod or switch.
- A severe spasm; a twinge; a pang.
- Tillotson
- Conscience […] is freed from many fearful girds and twinges which the atheist feels.
- Tillotson
Translations
sarcastic remark
Verb
gird (third-person singular simple present girds, present participle girding, simple past and past participle girded)
- (transitive) To jeer at.
- Shakespeare
- Being moved, he will not spare to gird the gods.
- Shakespeare
- (intransitive) To jeer.
- Shakespeare
- Men of all sorts take a pride to gird at me.
- Shakespeare
Translations
To jeer at
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To jeer
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