girt
11Girt up — Gird Gird (g[ e]rd), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Girt}or {Girded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Girding}.] [OE. girden, gurden, AS. gyrdan; akin to OS. gurdian, D. gorden, OHG. gurten, G. g[ u]rten, Icel. gyr[eth]a, Sw. gjorda, Dan. giorde, Goth. biga[ i]rdan to… …
12Girt — This name, with variant spellings Gerth, and Gyrth, derives from Gerth, a short form of the Olde German personal name Gerhart, composed of the elements geri , a spear, plus hart , hard. The surname from this source is first recorded in the latter …
13Girt — For the town in Armenia, see Kard, Armenia. In architecture or structural engineering, a girt is a horizontal structural member in a framed wall. Girts resist lateral loads from wind and support wall cladding materials. Girts are supported by the …
14girt — un·girt; girt; …
15girt — I [[t]gɜrt[/t]] v. a pt. and pp. of gird I II girt [[t]gɜrt[/t]] v. t. gird I, 1) III girt [[t]gɜrt[/t]] n. v. t. girth …
16girt — North Country (Newcastle) Words the vulgar orthography of great: Girt and small …
17girt — gir̃t prt. žr. girtės: Marti ėmė rėkt: „Aš, gir̃t, ir be jūsų galėjau gyvent!“ Sml. Ką darysi, girt, einu, ir tiek Kair …
18Girt dog of Ennerdale — The Girt (or “Great”) Dog of Ennerdale is the name given to a mysterious creature that cut a bloody swathe through the Cumberland fells in 1810. After a killing spree that lasted six months, between three and four hundred sheep were known to have …
19girt — verb Etymology: Middle English girten, alteration of girden Date: 15th century transitive verb 1. gird 2. to fasten by means of a girth intransitive verb to measure in girth …
20girt — girt1 /gerrt/, v. a pt. and pp. of gird1. girt2 /gerrt/, v.t. gird1 (def. 1). girt3 /gerrt/, n., v.t. girth. girt4 …
