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Meaning Of Girdle
n.
A griddle.
n.
That which girds, encircles, or incloses; a circumference;
a belt; esp., a belt, sash, or article of dress encircling the body
usually at the waist; a cestus.
n.
The zodiac; also, the equator.
n.
The line ofgreatest circumference of a brilliant-cut
diamond, at which it is grasped by the setting. See Illust. of
Brilliant.
n.
A thin bed or stratum of stone.
n.
The clitellus of an earthworm.
v. t.
To bind with a belt or sash; to gird.
v. t.
To inclose; to environ; to shut in.
v. t.
To make a cut or gnaw a groove around (a tree, etc.)
through the bark and alburnum, thus killing it.