girdling
present participle of girdle
• gridling, ridgling
Source: Wiktionary
Gir"dle, n.
Definition: A griddle. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]
Gir"dle, n. Etym: [OE. gurdel, girdel, AS. gyrdel, fr. gyrdan; akin to D. gordel, G. gürtel, Icel. gyr. See Gird, v. t., to encircle, and cf. Girth, n.]
1. 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. Within the girdle of these walls. Shak. Their breasts girded with golden girdles. Rev. xv. 6.
2. The zodiac; also, the equator. [Poetic] Bacon. From the world's girdle to the frozen pole. Cowper. That gems the starry girdle of the year. Campbell.
3. (Jewelry)
Definition: The line ofgreatest circumference of a brilliant-cut diamond, at which it is grasped by the setting. See Illust. of Brilliant. Knight.
4. (Mining)
Definition: A thin bed or stratum of stone. Raymond.
5. (Zoöl.)
Definition: The clitellus of an earthworm. Girdle bone (Anat.), the sphenethmoid. See under Sphenethmoid.
– Girdle wheel, a spinning wheel.
РSea girdle (Zo̦l.), a ctenophore. See Venus's girdle, under Venus.
– Shoulder, Pectoral, and Pelvic, girdle. (Anat.) See under Pectoral, and Pelvic.
– To have under the girdle, to have bound to one, that is, in subjection.
Gir"dle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Girdled; p. pr. & vb. n. Girdling.]
1. To bind with a belt or sash; to gird. Shak.
2. To inclose; to environ; to shut in. Those sleeping stones, That as a waist doth girdle you about. Shak.
3. To make a cut or gnaw a groove around (a tree, etc.) through the bark and alburnum, thus killing it. [U. S.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
18 March 2025
(noun) any of numerous and diverse orchids of the genus Odontoglossum having racemes of few to many showy usually large flowers in many colors
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
