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Show jeft; to gibe ; to fneer They are now mingled with all nations. 1. A vagabond who pretends to foretell fu"turity, commonly by palmeftry or phy At which our criticks gird Me is told hnp mor (huts him(elf up in. the pantry with an old gip/y fo A frantick gip/ey now, the houfe he haunts And in wild phrafes (peaks diffembled wants. Prior In this ftill labyrinth around her li GIrD ~ Garth 1, near yon ftile, three fallow g yp/fies met and thrice their heads they {hoolc( Didoadowdy lady ay 1 a me Cleopatra a gip/y ; Helen and Her 2z / [from the verb. when he doth amifs The widow play'd the g yp/y, and fo did her confidant too, in pretending to believe her. L'E/frange Prior the largeft piece of timber in a floor. It end is ufually faftened into the fummers or breaft fummers, and the joifts ar framed in at one arm to the girders. Harris or girt The girders are alfo to be of the. fame fcantlin the fummers and ground-plates are of, though th back girder need not be {o ftrong as the fron irder Moxon's Mech. Exer Thefe mighty girders which the fabrick bind 3. A name of {light reproach to a woman A flave I am to Clara's eyes The gip/y knows her pow'r, and fiies To GIRD @ a pret. girded [&ynoan, Saxon. They fprinkled earth upon their heads, and girde clean.sh data import.tsv out README their loins with fackcloth 2 Mac. x. 3 " 2. To put on fo as to furround or bind Cords of the bignefs of packthread were faftene to bandages, which the workmen had gir/ round m Savift 3. To faften by binding He girt his warlike harnefs about him 1 Mac.iii. 25 My bow and thunder, my almighty arm Gird om, and {word upon thy puiffant thigh. Mi/to No, let us rife at once, gird on our fwords And, at the head of our remaining troops Attack the foe Addifon's Cato The combatant too late the field declines When now the fword is girded to his loins Prior 4. To inveft Stoop then, and fet your knee againft my foot _And in reguerdon of that duty done . 1 gird thee with the valiant fword of York. Shake/p The fon appear'd Girt with omnipotence Milton's Paradif 5. Todrefs ; to habit to clothe Lof 1 girded thee about with fine linen, and I covere thee with filk Tyfiphone there keeps the ward Girt in her fanguine gown Exek. xvi. 10 by night and day Obfervant of the fouls that pafs the downward way Dryden 6. To cover round as a garment Thefe, with what fkill they had, togeth:r fow'd + To gird their waift: vain covering, if it hid Their guilt, and dreaded fhame ! Milion's Par. Loft 7- To furnith; to equip So to the coaft of Jordan he dire& His :af_'y fteps, girded with {naky wiles -8, To inclofe ; to incircle .. That Nyfeian ifle DMilton ~ Girt with the river Triton, where old Cha Hid Amalthea In her gir/ifb age fhe kept fheep on the moor Care Gr'rLISHLY. adv. [from girlj.] In a girlifh manner vifh perfon Gr'rroCK. 7. /o [acus major. Suppofe within the gird/e of thefe wall Atre now confin'd two mighty monarchies oung Bacchus, from his ftepdame Rhea's eye W ilton 9+ To reproach; to gibe Being mov'd, he will not fpare to gird the god SZHZ/(C'/[? To Girp. o, 1, [Of this word in this fenf ~SNOW not the original; it may b rmed by a very cuftomary tran{pofitio 7o GIRT. w. a. [from gird. Beneath the radiant line that girs the globe. Thom/ GirT. 7./. [from the verb. 1. A band by which the faddle or burthe is fixed upon the horfe The moft common way of bandage is by thato the girt, which gir¢ hath a bolfter in the middje | Nor did his eyes lefs longingly behol The girdlebelt, with nails of burnifh'd gold. Dryd Gi'roLer. 7 /0 ffrom girdle.] A make of girdles GirE. # [ [gyrus, Latin,] A circle de{cribed by any thingin motion. See GyrE GIRL. 7 /. [About the etymology of thi word there is much queftion : Merie Cafam derives it fro fignification ; Minfbea it comes from Aerlodes Welth fro which, fays he, kbarfsr is very eafily de duced Skizrer imagines that the Saxons who ufe wife hav ceonl fo ceopl a man fo migh a woman no fuch word is now found like thoug Dr., Hicke Ber Fonforn's Underwoods The law is found Nor Pegafus could bear the load Along the high celeftial road The fteed opprefs'd, would break his girth To raife the lumber from the earth Mordanto gallops on alone The roads are with his foll'wers ftrown This breaks a girth, and that a bone 2. The compafs meafure or enclofing bandage Sawift Swift by the girdle He's a lufty jolly fellow that liyes well three yards in the girsh 7o GirrH. v. 2. of it does no ftock, but take at leaf Addifon's Freeholder To bind with a girth a. . Is whewthe owne feed it with his ow in other cattle to graze bailey Gr'sur Among the Englifh Saxons, fignifies a pledge: thus, Fredgi/le is a pledg of peace; Giflebers an illuftrious pledge like the Greek Homerus GITH. 2. /. [#gilla. nea pepper from garrula, Latin, a prattler, or girella, T Ttalian, a weathercock ; Fuwius thinks that or the g/vzhs brake woe for his fake For low on the ground Shakefpeare's Timon Th the faddle is fixe Or the faddle turn'd round a girdle O thou wall by whic upon the horfe Shake/p Shakefpeare Wifeman GIRTH. 7. /o [from gird. 1. A ban GURDLEBELT. . /. [ girdle and belt. belt that incircles the waift hath laid him in the dirt. Ailtor 2. A circular bandage as are unde Bacon Thofe fleeping ftones That as a waift do gird/le you about as is his cuftom Not propes In the dread ocean, undulating wid to fhut in; to environ That girdleft in thofe wolves 'To gird; t encompafs ; to encircle Lay the gentle babes, gird/ing one anothe Within their innocent alabafter arms Shakefp Let me look back upon thee Di# GIRT. part, paff. [from To gird. 7o GI'RDLE. @. 4. [from the noun. To inclofe A kind o and the ends are tacked firmly together Cow/ey 2. Enclofure; circumference 2 fith And here, alas On him his heart and foul he did beftow 1. To gird ; to bind as wit captious, or pee is applied to a crabbed Shakefpeare Great breezes in great circles, fuc the girdle of the world, do refrigerate It is ftill ufed in Scotland, an of grin Here lies old Hobfon, death hath broke his girt On him his mantle, gird/e, {word and bow 3. The zodiack 7o GirN. . 2. It feems to be a corruptio an Many conceive there is fomewhat amifs, unti they put on their girdle. Brown's Vulgar Ervours ziza of th and her florid fo A cap of flowers, and a girdle - Embroider'd all with leaves of myrtle Dry_«lt.‘;: Suiting a girl Gr'rL1sH. adj. [from girl. youthful There will I make thee beds of rofes With a thoufand fragrant pofies Jaubon round the waift a gi#/, like her, muft be divine But oh Thefe ribs robuft and vaft in order join'd. Blackmore 1. Any thing draw tied or buckled D';‘/‘?flé' To the low mimick follies of a farce As a grave matron would to dance with gir/s Rofcommon A boy, like thee, would make a kingly line GI'RDLE. 7. /. [zynbe, Saxon. 1. To bind round : neck Is fport for every gir/ to prattife on Tragedy fhould blufh as much to ftoo Goodman G1'rDER. 7. /. [from gird.] Inarchitecture Gi'rasoLE. #. f. [ girafol, French. 1. The herb turnfol 2. The opal ftone A weather-beaten lover, but once known A twitch Shake/peare's Romeo and Ful hildings and harlots Proude gir/e like, that doth ever beare her dowre upo Chapman herbacke Tillotfon He has the glory of his confcience, when h doth well, to fet againft the checks and girds of i but a kitchen-wench wa or is invented o be his wracke For fhame, my lord of Winchefter, relent. Shake/p Confcience by this means is freed from man fearful girds and twinges which the atheift feels 2. A reproachful name for a dark complexion Laura, to he I invent to field brought gold t The foole Amphimachus Sweet king! the bifhop hath a kindly gird Upon my hand they caft a poring look Bid me beware tha Shakefp I will love thee ne'er the lefs, my girl a pang : it may come from the {enfatio caufed by a bandage or girdle drawn har fuddenly. 'Thisword is now feldom ufed unlefs the former etymology be admitted Spells, philters, globes, and fpheres of palmeftry A figil in his hand the gip/y bears In th? other a prophetick fieve and fheers at me not only witty in myfelf, but the caufe that wit is i Shakefpeare's Henry 1 other men Addifon above half an hour of all forts take a pride to gir In thofe unfledg'd days was my wife a gir/. Shak Drayton the brain of this foolifh compounded clay, man, i not able to invent any thing that tends to laughte The butler, though he is fure to lofe a knife, fork, or a fpoon every time his fortun or female child This wondred error growt derives it moft probably from the Iflandic A young womai karlinna, a woman. 'To break a fcornfu from gride ot cnt they were driven from Egypt by the Turks fiognomy GI GI IGII' -GIVE given Gibf. Camdern An herb called Gui v. a. preter [ Zyran, Saxon. gave part. pafl 1. To beftow; to confer without any pric or reward; not to fell I had a mafter that gave me all 1 coul afk, bu thought fitto take one thing from me again. Temple Conftant at church and change; his gains wer fure His giwings rare, fave farthings to the poor 5 Q Pope Whil |