Gird (g&etilde;rd), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Girt (?) or Girded; p. pr. & vb.
n. Girding.]
[OE. girden, gurden,
AS. gyrdan; akin to OS. gurdian, D. gorden, OHG. gurten, G.
gürten, Icel. gyrða, Sw. gjorda, Dan.
giorde, Goth. bigaírdan to begird, and prob. to E. yard
an inclosure. Cf. Girth, n. & v., Girt, v. t.] 1.
To encircle or bind with
any flexible band.
2. To make fast,
as clothing, by binding with a cord, girdle, bandage,
etc.
3. To surround; to encircle, or encompass.
That Nyseian isle,
Girt with the River Triton.
Milton.
4. To clothe; to swathe; to invest.
I
girded thee about with fine linen.
Ezek. xvi. 10.
The Son . . .
appeared
Girt with
omnipotence.
Milton.
5. To prepare; to make ready; to equip; as,
to gird one's self for a contest.
Thou hast girded me with strength.
Ps. xviii. 39.
To gird on, to put on; to fasten around or to one securely, like a girdle; as,
to gird on armor or
a sword.
Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he
that putteth it off.
1 Kings xx. 11. -- To gird up,
to bind tightly with a girdle; to support and strengthen, as with a girdle.
He
girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab.
1 Kings xviii.
46. Gird up the loins of your mind.
1 Pet. i. 13. -- Girt up; prepared or equipped, as for a journey
or for work,
in allusion to the ancient custom of gathering the long flowing garments into the girdle and tightening it before any exertion; hence, adjectively, eagerly or constantly active; strenuous; striving. "A severer, more girt-up way of living." J. C. Shairp.
Gird , v. i. To gibe; to sneer; to break a scornful jest; to utter severe sarcasms.
Men of all sorts
take a pride to gird at me.
Shak.
Gird , v. t. [See Gird, n., and cf. Girde, v.]
1. To strike; to
smite. [Obs.]
To slay him and to girden off his head.
Chaucer.
2. To sneer at; to mock; to gibe.
Being moved, he will not spare to gird the gods.
Shak.
Gird (g&etilde;rd), n. [See Yard a measure.]
1. A stroke with
a rod or switch; a severe spasm; a twinge; a pang.
Conscience . . . is freed from many fearful girds and twinges
which the atheist feels.
Tillotson.
2. A cut;
a sarcastic remark; a gibe; a sneer.
I thank thee for that gird, good
Tranio.
Shak.
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