Part 4808

<h1>Gird</h1> <Xpage=626>

<hw>Gird</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To gibe; to sneer; to break a scornful jest; to utter severe sarcasms.</def>

<blockquote>Men of all sorts take a pride to <b>gird</b> at me. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Gird</h1> <Xpage=626>

<hw>Gird</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Girt</er> <tt>(?)</tt> or <er>Girded</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Girding</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>girden</ets>, <ets>gurden</ets>, AS. <ets>gyrdan</ets>; akin to OS. <ets>gurdian</ets>, D. <ets>gorden</ets>, OHG. <ets>gurten</ets>, G. <ets>g\'81rten</ets>, Icel. <ets>gyr<?/a</ets>, Sw. <ets>gjorda</ets>, Dan. <ets>giorde</ets>, Goth. <ets>biga\'a1rdan</ets> to begird, and prob. to E. <ets>yard</ets> an inclosure. Cf. <er>Girth</er>, <tt>n.</tt> & <tt>v.</tt>, <er>Girt</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To encircle or bind with any flexible band.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To make fast, as clothing, by binding with a cord, girdle, bandage, etc.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To surround; to encircle, or encompass.</def>

<blockquote>That Nyseian isle, <b>Girt</b> with the River Triton. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To clothe; to swathe; to invest.</def>

<blockquote>I <b>girded</b> thee about with fine linen. <i>Ezek. xvi. 10.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The Son . . . appeared <b>Girt</b> with omnipotence. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>To prepare; to make ready; to equip; <as>as, to <ex>gird</ex> one's self for a contest</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Thou hast <b>girded</b> me with strength. <i>Ps. xviii. 39.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>To gird on</col>, <cd>to put on; to fasten around or to one securely, like a girdle; as, <i>to gird on<i> armor or a sword.</cd>

<blockquote>Let not him that <b>girdeth on</b> his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off. <i>1 Kings xx. 11.</i></blockquote>

-- <col>To gird up</col>, <cd>to bind tightly with a girdle; to support and strengthen, as with a girdle.</cd>

<blockquote>He <b>girded up</b> his loins, and ran before Ahab. <i>1 Kings xviii. 46.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote><b>Gird up</b> the loins of your mind. <i>1 Pet. i. 13.</i></blockquote>

-- <col>Girt up</col>; 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 <i>girt-up</i> way of living." <i>J. C. Shairp.</i></cs>

<h1>Girder</h1> <Xpage=626>

<hw>Gird"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Gird</er> to sneer at.]</ety> <def>One who girds; a satirist.</def>

<h1>Girder</h1> <Xpage=626>

<hw>Gird"er</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Gird</er> to encircle.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>One who, or that which, girds.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Arch. & Engin.)</fld> <def>A main beam; a stright, horizontal beam to span an opening or carry weight, such as ends of floor beams, etc.; hence, a framed or built-up member discharging the same office, technically called a <i>compound girder</i>. See <i>Illusts</i>. of <er>Frame</er>, and <cref>Doubleframed floor</cref>, under <er>Double</er>.</def>

<cs><mcol><col>Bowstring girder</col>, <col>Box girder</col></mcol>, <cd>etc. See under <er>Bowstring</er>, <er>Box</er>, etc.</cd> -- <col>Girder bridge</col>. <cd>See under <er>Bridge</er>.</cd> -- <col>Lattice girder</col>, <cd>a girder consisting of longitudinal bars united by diagonal crossing bars.</cd> -- <col>Half-lattice girder</col>, <cd>a girder consisting of horizontal upper and lower bars connected by a series of diagonal bars sloping alternately in opposite directions so as to divide the space between the bars into a series of triangles.</cd> <i>Knight</i>. -- <col>Sandwich girder</col>, <cd>a girder consisting of two parallel wooden beams, between which is an iron plate, the whole clamped together by iron bolts.</cd></cs>

<h1>Girding</h1> <Xpage=626>

<hw>Gird"ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>That with which one is girded; a girdle.</def>