Part 4811

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

<hw>Gi*ron"dist</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to the Girondists.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>Girondin</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Girrock</h1> <Xpage=626>

<hw>Gir"rock</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. Prov. F. <ets>chicarou</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A garfish.</def>

<i>Johnson.</i>

<h1>Girt</h1> <Xpage=626>

<hw>Girt</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <def><tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> of <er>Gird</er>.</def>

<h1>Girt</h1> <Xpage=626>

<hw>Girt</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Girted</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Girting</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[From <er>Girt</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, cf. <er>Girth</er>, <tt>v.</tt>]</ety> <def>To gird; to encircle; to invest by means of a girdle; to measure the girth of; <as>as, to <ex>girt</ex> a tree</as>.</def>

<blockquote>We here create thee the first duke of Suffolk, And <b>girt</b> thee with the sword. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Girt</h1> <Xpage=626>

<hw>Girt</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>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.</def>

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<h1>Girt</h1> <Xpage=627>

<hw>Girt</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Girth</er>.</def>

<h1>Girth</h1> <Xpage=627>

<hw>Girth</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Icel. <ets>gj\'94r<?/</ets> girdle, or <ets>ger<?/</ets> girth; akin to Goth. <ets>ga\'a1rda</ets> girdle. See <er>Gird</er> to girt, and cf. <er>Girdle</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A band or strap which encircles the body; especially, one by which a saddle is fastened upon the back of a horse.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The measure round the body, as at the waist or belly; the circumference of anything.</def>

<blockquote>He's a lu sty, jolly fellow, that lives well, at least three yards in the <b>girth</b>. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A small horizontal brace or girder.</def>

<h1>Girth</h1> <Xpage=627>

<hw>Girth</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Girth</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, cf. <er>Girt</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <def>To bind as with a girth.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Johnson.</i>

<h1>Girtline</h1> <Xpage=627>

<hw>Girt"line`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A gantline.</def>

<cs><col>Hammock girtline</col>, <cd>a line rigged for hanging out hammocks to dry.</cd></cs>

<h1>Gisarm</h1> <Xpage=627>

<hw>Gis*arm"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>gisarme</ets>, <ets>guisarme</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Medi\'91val Armor)</fld> <def>A weapon with a scythe-shaped blade, and a separate long sharp point, mounted on a long staff and carried by foot soldiers.</def>