gird

GIRD, noun gurd. [Eng. a yard.] 1. A twitch or pang; a sudden spasm, which resembles the stroke of a rod or the pressure of a band. 2. In popular language, a severe stroke of a stick or whip. GIRD, verb transitive gurd. preterit tense and participle passive girded or girt. 1. To bind by surrounding with any flexible substance, as with a twig, a cord, bandage or cloth; as, to gird the loins with sackcloth. 2. To make fast by binding; to put on; usually with on; as, to gird on a harness; to gird on a sword. 3. To invest; to surround. The Son appeared, Girt with omnipotence. 4. To clothe; to dress; to habit. I girded thee about with fine linen. Ezekiel 16:10. 5. To furnish; to equip. GIRDed with snaky wiles. 6. To surround; to encircle; to inclose; to encompass. The Nyseian isle, Girt with the river Triton. 7. To gibe; to reproach severly; to lash. GIRD, verb intransitive To gibe; to sneer; to break a scornful jest; to utter severe sarcasms. Men of all sorts take a pride to gird at me.