Girdle: alternatives and connections

A fillet, strap, or any narrow ligament with which a thing is encircled, or fastened, or by which a number of things are tied, bound together, or con…

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The outer part or edge of anything, as of a garment, a garden, etc.; margin; verge; brink.

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To surround; to encompass; to encircle; to hem in; to be round about; to involve or envelop.

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The act of founding, fixing, establishing, or beginning to erect.

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To cut in or into with a sharp instrument; to carve; to engrave.

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To cause to sound, especially by striking, as a metallic body; as, to ring a bell.

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The lower and loose part of a coat, dress, or other like garment; the part below the waist; as, the skirt of a coat, a dress, or a mantle.

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To inclose on all sides; to encompass; to environ.

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The projecting region of the lateral parts of one side of the pelvis and the hip joint; the haunch; the huckle.

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The pelvic arch, or the pelvic arch together with the sacrum. See Pelvic arch, under Pelvic, and Sacrum.

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To make as dead; to impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; to lessen the force or acuteness of; to blunt; as, to deaden the natural powers o…

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To make as dead; to impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; to lessen the force or acuteness of; to blunt; as, to deaden the natural powers o…

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A stroke with a rod or switch; a severe spasm; a twinge; a pang.

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A stroke with a rod or switch; a severe spasm; a twinge; a pang.

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A belt, a girdle, or something worn round the body, -- as by an ecclesiastic for confining the alb.

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In the Middle Ages, a gown or basque of which the body was close fitting, worn by both men and women.

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To make as dead; to impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; to lessen the force or acuteness of; to blunt; as, to deaden the natural powers o…

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A stroke with a rod or switch; a severe spasm; a twinge; a pang.

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A scarf or band worn about the waist, over the shoulder, or otherwise; a belt; a girdle, -- worn by women and children as an ornament; also worn as a…

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The band which encompasses the waist; esp., one on the upper part of breeches, trousers, pantaloons, skirts, or the like.

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A cloth or wrapper worn about the waist; by extension, such a garment worn about the hips and passing between the thighs.

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