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Girt [Preterit tense] Webster's Dictionary 1828

and participle passive of gird.

Girt [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To gird; to surround.

2. [This verb, if derived from the noun, girt may be proper.]

3. GIRT

Girt Webster's Dictionary 1913

imp. & p. p. of Gird.

Girt [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Bound by a cable; -- used of a vessel so moored by two anchors that she swings against one of the cables by force of the current or tide.

Girt [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Gird

Girt [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Same as Girth.

Girt [Verb] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To gird; to encircle; to invest by means of a girdle; to measure the girth of; as, to girt a tree.

Girted [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Girt

Girth [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. The band or strap by which a saddle or any burden on a horse's back is made fast, by passing under his belly.

2. A circular bandage.

3. The compass measured by a firth or inclosing bandage.

4. He's a lusty, jolly fellow, that lives well, at least three yards in the girth

Girth [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

To bind with a girth

Girth [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A band or strap which encircles the body; especially, one by which a saddle is fastened upon the back of a horse.

2. The measure round the body, as at the waist or belly; the circumference of anything.

3. A small horizontal brace or girder.

Girth [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To bind as with a girth.

Girting [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Girt

Girtline [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A gantline.

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2 Kings 1:8

And they answered him, He was an hairy man, and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite.

“He was a hairy man,” they answered, “with a leather belt around his waist.” “It was Elijah the Tishbite,” said the king.

John 21:7

Therefore that disciple whom Jesus loved saith unto Peter, It is the Lord. Now when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he girt his fisher’s coat unto him, (for he was naked,) and did cast himself into the sea.

Then the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, “It is the Lord!” As soon as Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he put on his outer garment (for he had removed it) and jumped into the sea.

Ephesians 6:14

Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;

Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness arrayed,

Revelation 1:13

And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle.

and among the lampstands was One like the Son of Man, dressed in a long robe, with a golden sash around His chest.

Judith 4:14

And Joacim the high priest, and all the priests that stood before the Lord, and they which ministered unto the Lord, had their loins girt with sackcloth, and offered the daily burnt offerings, with the vows and free gifts of the people,

Sirach 22:16

As timber girt and bound together in a building cannot be loosed with shaking: so the heart that is stablished by advised counsel shall fear at no time.

1 Maccabees 3:3

So he gat his people great honour, and put on a breastplate as a giant, and girt his warlike harness about him, and he made battles, protecting the host with his sword.

1 Maccabees 6:37

And upon the beasts were there strong towers of wood, which covered every one of them, and were girt fast unto them with devices: there were also upon every one two and thirty strong men, that fought upon them, beside the Indian that ruled him.

2 Maccabees 3:19

And the women, girt with sackcloth under their breasts, abounded in the streets, and the virgins that were kept in ran, some to the gates, and some to the walls, and others looked out of the windows.