Gird
Gird (gẽrd) , noun
[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.
2.
A cut; a sarcastic remark; a gibe; a sneer.
I thank thee for that gird, good Tranio.
Gird , transitive verb
[See Gird, n., and compare Girde, v.]
1.
To strike; to smite. [Obsolete]
To slay him and to girden off his head.
2.
To sneer at; to mock; to gibe.
Being moved, he will not spare to gird the gods.
Gird , intransitive verb
To gibe; to sneer; to break a scornful jest; to utter severe sarcasms.
Men of all sorts take a pride to gird at me.
Gird (gẽrd) , transitive verb
[Old English girden, gurden, Anglo-Saxon gyrdan; akin to Old Saxon gurdian, Dutch gorden, Old High German gurten, German gurten, Icelandic gyrea, Swedish gjorda, Danish giorde, Gothic bigaírdan to begird, and prob. to English yard an inclosure. Compare Girth, n. & v., Girt, transitive verb]
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.
4.
To clothe; to swathe; to invest.
I girded thee about with fine linen.
The Son... appeared
Girt with omnipotence.
5.
To prepare; to make ready; to equip; as, to gird one's self for a contest.
Thou hast girded me with strength.
Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off.
He girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab.
Gird up the loins of your mind.