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encircle or bind; "Trees girded the green fields"

prepare oneself for a military confrontation; "The U.S. is girding for a conflict in the Middle East"; "troops are building up on the Iraqui border"

put a girdle on or around; "gird your loins"

encircle or bind; "Trees girded the green fields"

A stroke with a rod or switch; a severe spasm; a twinge; a pang.

A cut; a sarcastic remark; a gibe; a sneer.

To strike; to smite.

To sneer at; to mock; to gibe.

To gibe; to sneer; to break a scornful jest; to utter severe sarcasms.

To encircle or bind with any flexible band.

To make fast, as clothing, by binding with a cord, girdle, bandage, etc.

To surround; to encircle, or encompass.

To clothe; to swathe; to invest.

To prepare; to make ready; to equip; as, to gird one's self for a contest.

A stroke with a rod or switch; a severe spasm; a twinge; a pang.

A cut; a sarcastic remark; a gibe; a sneer.

To strike; to smite.

To sneer at; to mock; to gibe.

To gibe; to sneer; to break a scornful jest; to utter severe sarcasms.

To encircle or bind with any flexible band.

To make fast, as clothing, by binding with a cord, girdle, bandage, etc.

To surround; to encircle, or encompass.

To clothe; to swathe; to invest.

To prepare; to make ready; to equip; as, to gird one's self for a contest.

To surround with a flexible band; bind; encircle; make ready.

Girding.

To bind round: to make fast by binding: to surround: to clothe:-pa.t. and pa.p. girded or girt.

Girded or girt.

To bind round; surround.

To bind around, as with a belt; encircle.

To attack with sarcasm; gibe; jeer.

n. [Anglo-Saxon, German, Greek] The stroke of a rod; hence, a severe twitch or pang;—a cut; a sarcastic remark; a gibe;—in Scotland, a hoop.