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A griddle. |
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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. |
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The zodiac; also, the equator. |
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The line ofgreatest circumference of a brilliant-cut
diamond, at which it is grasped by the setting. See Illust. of
Brilliant. |
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A thin bed or stratum of stone. |
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The clitellus of an earthworm. |
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To bind with a belt or sash; to gird. |
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To inclose; to environ; to shut in. |
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To make a cut or gnaw a groove around (a tree, etc.)
through the bark and alburnum, thus killing it. |