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Definition of Begirdle

1. v. t. To surround as with a girdle.

Definition of Begirdle

1. Verb. To encircle or surround, as with a girdle. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Begirdle

1. to surround [v -DLED, -DLING, -DLES] - See also: surround

Lexicographical Neighbors of Begirdle

Literary usage of Begirdle

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Works of Thomas Carlyle by Thomas Carlyle, Henry Duff Traill (1899)
"... from house over House, the flame did begirdle us; Sea-like, red, loud and billowy ; Hither, thither, as tempest-floods, Over the death-circled City. ..."

2. Critical and Miscellaneous Essays by Thomas Carlyle (1860)
"Ah ! the City yet stood, with its Bulwarks; Ilion safely yet Towered : but spreading from house over House, the flame did begirdle us ; Sea-like, red, ..."

3. History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, called Frederick the Great: in ten vol by Thomas Carlyle (1859)
"I have witnessed ' nothing so terrible: the thunder roared and reverberated, among ' the rocky cliffs which begirdle Berneck; ..."

4. History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great: Called by Thomas Carlyle (1873)
"I have witnessed nothing so ' terrible: the thunder roared and reverberated among the rocky cliffs ' which begirdle Berneck; and it seemed as if the world ..."

5. History of Friedrich II, of Prussia: Called Frederick the Great by Thomas Carlyle (1900)
"I have witnessed nothing so terrible: the thunder roared and reverberated among the rocky cliffs which begirdle Berneck ; and it seemed as if the world was ..."

6. The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle (1908)
"Like a ring of lightning, they, volleying and fa-ira-ing, begirdle her from shore to shore. Cimmerian Coalition of Despots recoils, smitten with ..."

7. The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle (1838)
"Like a ring of lightning, they, volleying and $oz'ra-ing, begirdle her from shore to shore. Cimmerian Coalition of Despots recoils; smitten with ..."

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