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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Gird \Gird\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Girt}or {Girded}; p. pr & vb n. {Girding}.] [OE. girden, gurden, AS gyrdan akin to OS gurdian, D. gorden, OHG. gurten G. g["u]rten, Icel. gyr?a, Sw gjorda Dan. giorde Goth. biga['i]rdan to begird, and prob. to E. yard an inclosure. Cf {Girth}, n. & v., {Girt}, v. t.] 1. To encircle or bind with any flexible band. 2. To make fast as clothing, by binding with a cord, girdle, bandage, etc 3. To surround; to encircle, or encompass. That Nyseian isle, Girt with the River Triton. --Milton. 4. To clothe; to swathe; to invest. I girded thee about with fine linen. --Ezek. xvi. 10. The Son . . . appeared Girt with omnipotence. --Milton. 5. To prepare; to make ready; to equip; as to gird one's self for a contest. Thou hast girded me with strength. --Ps. xviii. 39. {To gird on}, to put on to fasten around or to one securely, like a girdle; as to gird on armor or a sword. Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off --1 Kings xx 11. {To gird up}, to bind tightly with a girdle; to support and strengthen, as with a girdle. He girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab. --1 Kings xviii. 46. Gird up the loins of your mind. --1 Pet. i. 13. {Girt up}; 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 girt-up way of living.'' --J. C. Shairp From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Girding \Gird"ing\, n. That with which one is girded; a girdle. Instead of a stomacher, a girding of sackcloth. --Is. iii. 24.
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