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Webster 1913 Edition

Girt

Girt

(gẽrt)
,
imp.
&
p.
p.
of
Gird
.

Girt

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Girted
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Girting
.]
[From
Girt
,
Noun.
, cf.
Girth
,
Verb.
]
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.
Shakespeare

Girt

,
Adj.
(Naut.)
Bound by a cable; – used of a vessel so moored by two anchors that she swings against one of the cables by force of the current or tide.

Girt

(gẽrt)
,
Noun.
Same as
Girth
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Girt

GIRT

, pret. and pp. of gird.

GIRT

,
Verb.
T.
To gird; to surround.
[This verb, if derived from the noun, girt, may be proper.]

GIRT

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