Part 4810

<h1>Girdlestead</h1> <Xpage=626>

<hw>Gir"dle*stead</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Girdle</ets> + <ets>stead</ets> place.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>That part of the body where the girdle is worn.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Sheathed, beneath his <b>girdlestead</b>. <i>Chapman.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The lap.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>There fell a flower into her <b>girdlestead</b>. <i>Swinburne.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Gire</h1> <Xpage=626>

<hw>Gire</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <def>See <er>Gyre</er>.</def>

<h1>Girkin</h1> <Xpage=626>

<hw>Gir"kin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <def>See <er>Gherkin</er>.</def>

<h1>Girl</h1> <Xpage=626>

<hw>Girl</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>girle</ets>, <ets>gerle</ets>, <ets>gurle</ets>, a girl (in sense 1): cf. LG. <ets>g\'94r</ets> child.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A young person of either sex; a child.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A female child, from birth to the age of puberty; a young maiden.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A female servant; a maidservant.</def> <mark>[U. S.]</mark>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A roebuck two years old.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<h1>Girlhood</h1> <Xpage=626>

<hw>Girl"hood</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>State or time of being a girl.</def>

<h1>Girlish</h1> <Xpage=626>

<hw>Girl"ish</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Like, or characteristic of, a girl; of or pertaining to girlhood; innocent; artless; immature; weak; <as>as, <ex>girlish</ex> ways; <ex>girlish</ex> grief.</as></def> -- <wordforms><wf>Girl"ish*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Girl"ish*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Girlond</h1> <Xpage=626>

<hw>Gir"lond</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Garland</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <def>A garland; a prize.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chapman.</i>

<h1>Girn</h1> <Xpage=626>

<hw>Girn</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Grin</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <def>To grin.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Girondist</h1> <Xpage=626>

<hw>Gi*ron"dist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>Girondiste</ets>.]</ety> <def>A member of the moderate republican party formed in the French legislative assembly in 1791. The Girondists were so called because their leaders were deputies from the department of La Gironde.</def>