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▪ I. girding, vbl. n.1|ˈgɜːdɪŋ|
[f. gird v.1 + -ing1.]
1. The action of the vb. gird1, in various senses.
c1400Mandeville (1839) x. 122 Othere there ben, that men clepen Cristene men of Gyrdynge: for thei ben alle gyrt aboven. c1592Stow Eng. Chron. an. 1340. 362 The king created him at Westminster by the girding of a sword. 1626Bacon Sylva §419 To make Roses, or other Flowers come late..The Seuenth [Meanes] is, the Girding of the Body of the Tree about with some Pack-threed. a1716South Serm. (1737) X. iv. 117 Patience is (as it were) the girding up of the soul, which like the girding up of the body gives it both strength and decency too.
2. That which girds; esp.
†a. A girdle. (Also girding-up) (obs.).
b. dial. A saddle-girth.
†c. A girder (obs.).
1388Wyclif Isa. xi. 5 And riȝtfulnesse schal be the girdil of hise leendis, and feith schal be the girdyng of hise reynes. c1430Syr Gener. (Roxb.) 4224 Laces and stringes he kerue on twoo, and the girding of the shelde also. 1535Stewart Cron. Scot. III. 402 Scho come sic speid, Than in the girding grittar ay scho growis. 1577Harrison England ii. xii. (1877) i. 233 Groundsels..transoms, and such principals, with here and there a girding, wherevnto they fasten their splints or radels. 1689tr. Buchanan's De Jure Regni apud Scotos 59 Are not Saddles, Girdings and Spurs made for Horses? 179.Burns Weary fa' you, Duncan Gray, The girdin brak, the beast cam doun.
3. Comb., as girding-beam = girder n.1 1; girding-place, the part of the body round which the girdle or girth is fastened.
1751Chambers Cycl., *Girding-beams.
1601Holland Pliny II. 274 It must (they say) be..kept fast bound neere vnto the middle or *girding place of the patient. 1682Lond. Gaz. No. 1727/8 A large Chesnut Gelding..between 15 and 16 hands high..a white Rim under the Belly near the girding place.
▪ II. ˈgirding, vbl. n.2
[f. gird v.2 + -ing1.]
The action of the verb gird2. †a. Discharging, firing (of cannon) (obs.). b. Jeering, gibing.
a.a1650Scot. Field 323 in Furniv. Percy Folio I. 228 There was gurding forth of gunns: with many great stones.
b.1605Verstegan Dec. Intell. v. (1628) 130 He fell to taunting and girding at them. a1663Sanderson Serm. II. 159 Bitter invectives, unmannerly jeers, petulant girding at those that are in authority. 1863Mrs. C. Clarke Shaks. Char. ii. 37 Shakespeare..never misses an opportunity of girding at your pompous and affectedly pensive character.
▪ III. ˈgirding vbl. n.3 dial.
[f. gird n.1 + -ing1.]
The action of fitting (barrels) with hoops.
1609Vestry Bks. (Surtees) 289 For girding of barels, ijd. c1817Hogg Tales & Sk. IV. 17 John Jardine, the cooper, chanced to come to Knowe—back in the course of his girding and hooping peregrinations.
▪ IV. girding, ppl. a.1|ˈgɜːdɪŋ|
[f. gird v.1 + -ing2.]
That girds, in senses of the vb.
1655W. Gurnall Chr. in Arm. xiv. §1 (1669) 54/2 Walk (Christian) in the view of God's Omniscience, this is a girding consideration. 1708Ozell tr. Boileau's Lutrin iv. 79 So, Abandon'd by its Girding Wood, Sinks an old Roof, which had for Ages stood. 1762–9Falconer Shipwr. ii. 915 To cut the girding stay they run. 1822–34Good's Study Med. (ed. 4) III. 246 The use of stiff and girding stays. 1853Kane Grinnell Exp. (1856) 543 The Russo-Siberians gave us vaguely a girding-line of ice. 1869Blackmore Lorna D. xxix, 'Tis the ripening of the oats! All the day they have been dancing..Waiting for the girding hook.
▪ V. girding, ppl. a.2|ˈgɜːdɪŋ|
[f. gird v.2 + -ing2.]
That girds, scoffs, or jeers.
a1617Bayne On Eph. (1658) 168 Prophane, filthy, and girding jests. 1691tr. d'Emilianne's Observations 126 The Receiver..told us, in a very girding manner, that [etc.]. 1882Spectator 2 Dec. 1535 They..believe in girding speeches as foolish Communists believe in petroleum. |