Girt

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·- imp. & ·p.p. of Gird.

II. Girt ·noun ·same·as Girth.

III. Girt ·Impf & ·p.p. of Gird.

IV. Girt ·adj 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.

V. Girt ·v To Gird; to Encircle; to invest by means of a girdle; to measure the girth of; as, to girt a tree.

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