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   Girdle, n. [OE. gurdel, girdel, AS. gyrdel, fr. gyrdan; akin to D. gordel, G. gürtel, Icel. gyrill. See Gird, v. t., to encircle, and cf. Girth, n.]
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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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    Within the girdle of these walls.
   Shak.
   
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   Their breasts girded with golden girdles.
   Rev. xv. 6.
   
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   The zodiac; also, the equator. [Poetic]
   Bacon.
   
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   From the world's girdle to the frozen pole.
   Cowper.
   
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   That gems the starry girdle of the year.
   Campbell.
   
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   (Jewelry) The line ofgreatest circumference of a brilliant-cut diamond, at which it is grasped by the setting. See Illust. of Brilliant.
   Knight.
   
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   (Mining) A thin bed or stratum of stone.
   Raymond.
   
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   (Zool.) The clitellus of an earthworm.
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   Girdle bone (Anat.), the sphenethmoid. See under Sphenethmoid. -- Girdle wheel, a spinning wheel. -- Sea girdle (Zool.), 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.
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   Pectoral , a. [L. pectoralis, fr. pectus, -oris the breast; cf. F. pectoral.]
   Of or pertaining to the breast, or chest; as, the pectoral muscles.
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   Relating to, or good for, diseases of the chest or lungs; as, a pectoral remedy.
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   (Zool.) Having the breast conspicuously colored; as, the pectoral sandpiper.
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   Pectoral arch, or Pectoral girdle (Anat.), the two or more bony or cartilaginous pieces of the vertebrate skeleton to which the fore limbs are articulated; the shoulder girdle. In man it consists of two bones, the scapula and clavicle, on each side. -- Pectoral cross (Eccl.), a cross worn on the breast by bishops and abbots, and sometimes also by canons. -- Pectoral fins, or Pectorals (Zool.), fins situated on the sides, behind the gills. See Illust. under Fin. -- Pectoral rail. (Zool.) See Land rail (b) under Land. -- Pectoral sandpiper (Zool.), the jacksnipe (b).
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   Pectoral , n. [L. pectorale a breastplate, neut. of pectoralis.]
   A covering or protecting for the breast.
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   (Eccl.) (a) A breastplate, esp. that worn by the Jewish high person. (b) A clasp or a cross worn on the breast.
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   A medicine for diseases of the chest organs, especially the lungs.
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