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- English Word Giraffe Definition An African ruminant (Camelopardalis giraffa) related to the deers and antelopes, but placed in a family by itself; the camelopard. It is the tallest of animals, being sometimes twenty feet from the hoofs to the top of the head. Its neck is very long, and its fore legs are much longer than its hind legs.
- English Word Girandole Definition An ornamental branched candlestick.
- English Word Girandole Definition A flower stand, fountain, or the like, of branching form.
- English Word Girandole Definition A kind of revolving firework.
- English Word Girandole Definition A series of chambers in defensive mines.
- English Word Girasole Girasol Definition See Heliotrope.
- English Word Girasole Girasol Definition A variety of opal which is usually milk white, bluish white, or sky blue; but in a bright light it reflects a reddish color.
- English Word Gird Definition A stroke with a rod or switch; a severe spasm; a twinge; a pang.
- English Word Gird Definition A cut; a sarcastic remark; a gibe; a sneer.
- English Word Gird Definition To strike; to smite.
- English Word Gird Definition To sneer at; to mock; to gibe.
- English Word Gird Definition To gibe; to sneer; to break a scornful jest; to utter severe sarcasms.
- English Word Gird Definition To encircle or bind with any flexible band.
- English Word Gird Definition To make fast, as clothing, by binding with a cord, girdle, bandage, etc.
- English Word Gird Definition To surround; to encircle, or encompass.
- English Word Gird Definition To clothe; to swathe; to invest.
- English Word Gird Definition To prepare; to make ready; to equip; as, to gird one's self for a contest.
- English Word Girded Definition of Gird
- English Word Girder Definition One who girds; a satirist.
- English Word Girder Definition One who, or that which, girds.
- English Word Girder Definition 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 compound girder. See Illusts. of Frame, and Doubleframed floor, under Double.
- English Word Girding Definition of Gird
- English Word Girding Definition That with which one is girded; a girdle.
- English Word Girdle Definition A griddle.
- English Word Girdle Definition 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.
- English Word Girdle Definition The zodiac; also, the equator.
- English Word Girdle Definition The line ofgreatest circumference of a brilliant-cut diamond, at which it is grasped by the setting. See Illust. of Brilliant.
- English Word Girdle Definition A thin bed or stratum of stone.
- English Word Girdle Definition The clitellus of an earthworm.
- English Word Girdle Definition To bind with a belt or sash; to gird.