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Definition of Begirded
1. begird [v] - See also: begird
Lexicographical Neighbors of Begirded
Literary usage of Begirded
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Odyssey of Homer by Homer, William Morris (1887)
"171 Now Crete is a certain country amidst of the wine-dark sea, Fair, fat-soiled,
sea-begirded; and a many men are there, Yea, more than may be numbered; ..."
2. The Gentleman's Magazine (1897)
"... some cases patched with crosses—nor with their shoulders or their loins begirded
with leather belts, from which a bowl and a bag will be suspended. ..."
3. Modern Russian Poetry: An Anthology by Babette Deutsch, Avrahm Yarmolinsky (1921)
"... My cunning tongue and idle-worded; The subtle serpent's sting he set Between
my lips—his hand was wet, His bloody hand my mouth begirded. ..."
4. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1859)
"COLUMBIA comes arrayed sublime: A crown of stars upon her head; A continent
beneath her spread, begirded by the fruitful zones; While round her dance ..."
5. Elements of Political Economy by Arthur Latham Perry (1866)
"If any one had suggested to those cadaverous and sometimes rope-begirded monks,
that they should appoint a teacher to inquire inte the nature of value, ..."
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