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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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   Pelvic , a. Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the pelvis; as, pelvic cellulitis.
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   Pelvic arch, or Pelvic girdle (Anat.), the two or more bony or cartilaginous pieces of the vertebrate skeleton to which the hind limbs are articulated. When fully ossified, the arch usually consists of three principal bones on each side, the ilium, ischium, and pubis, which are often closely united in the adult, forming the innominate bone. See Innominate bone, under Innominate.
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