The name of an eruptive disease which takes the form of a belt (cinguluni) around the body.
·noun A kind of herpes (Herpes zoster) which spreads half way around the body like a girdle, and is ...
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Thin slips of wood, used principally in America, in lieu of slate or tiles in roofing. In very old t...
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