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Definition of Engirdling
1. engirdle [v] - See also: engirdle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Engirdling
Literary usage of Engirdling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Palæozoic Fossils by Geological Survey of Canada, Elkanah Billings, Joseph Frederick Whiteaves (1865)
"... annulations broadly rounded, slightly elevated, about two lines distant from
each other ; surface with fine thread-like engirdling striae. ..."
2. Tait's Edinburgh Magazine by William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone (1834)
"A change of our sun's place, comparatively small, might render it impossible for
the inhabitants of his engirdling planets to see along these two branches ..."
3. Northern Antiquities: Or, An Historical Account of the Manners, Customs by Paul Henri Mallet (1847)
"... ocean engirdling the earth, which suits his latter theory, stated in the note
below, admirably. We have so frequently expressed our opinion respecting ..."
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