2. Verb. (third-person singular of gird) ¹
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Definition of Girds
1. gird [v] - See also: gird
Lexicographical Neighbors of Girds
Literary usage of Girds
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Censura Literaria: Containing Titles, Abstracts, and Opinions of Old English by Sir Egerton Brydges (1806)
"... And roar of tempest, from her cavern springs, Her tangled serpents girds around
her waist, Smiles ghastly fierce, and shakes her gore-distilling wings. ..."
2. The Dawn in Britain by Charles Montagu Doughty (1906)
"His upper garment girds that shining belt, Of strength ; whence, in his flesh,
the warlord feels New virtue, infused, of Britons' battle-gods. ..."
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