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engirdle, v.|ɛnˈgɜːd(ə)l|
Also 7 ingirdle.
[f. en-1 + girdle.]
trans. To surround with, or as with, a girdle; to serve as a girdle or enclosure to; to encompass. Also fig.
1602Davison in Farr S.P. Eliz. (1845) II. 325 As mountaines great on euery side Engirdle faire Jerusalem. 1621Lady M. Wroth Urania 225 He was ingirdled with his enemies. 1785Glover On Sir Isaac Newton, Comets..with hideous grasp the skies engirdle round. 1830J. Wilson in Blackw. Mag. XXVII. 665 A metropolitan city..engirdled with groves. 1852C. M. Yonge Cameos (1877) II. ix. 111 To die engirdled by the cord of St. Francis was the sure means of safety. |