† engirtv.
Obsolete.
1. transitive. To gird, encircle with. Also simply.
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a1593 C. Marlowe Edward II (1594) sig. I3 Engirt the temples of his hatefull head.
1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage vi. xiv. §1 (R.) The insulting waters..engirting meane while all the townes with a strait siege.
1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 146 The coat..ingirted with a towell of silke and gold.
2.
a. To surround as a girdle does; to encircle. Also figurative.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > surrounding > surround or lie around [verb (transitive)]
befong971
beclipc1000
begoc1000
belieOE
bestandc1000
to go about ——OE
umbegangc1200
behema1250
befallc1275
berunc1275
girdc1290
bihalvena1300
umlapa1300
umlaya1300
umlouka1300
umbegoc1300
belayc1320
halsea1340
enclose1340
umbelapa1350
embracec1360
betrendc1374
circlec1374
umbecasta1375
to give about1382
environa1393
umbeclipa1395
compassa1400
encircle?a1400
enourle?a1400
umbegivea1400
umbeseta1400
umbeliec1400
umbetighc1400
enroundc1420
measurec1425
umbsteadc1450
adviron?1473
purprise1481
umbeviron1489
belta1500
girtha1500
overgirda1500
engirt15..
envirea1513
round?a1513
brace1513
umbereach1513
becompass1520
circuea1533
girtc1540
umbsetc1540
circule1553
encompass1555
circulate?a1560
ingyre1568
to do about1571
engird1573
circumdate1578
succinge1578
employ1579
circuate1581
girdle1582
wheel1582
circumgyre1583
enring1589
ringa1592
embail1593
enfold1596
invier1596
stem1596
circumcingle1599
ingert1599
engirdle1602
circulize1603
circumscribe1605
begirt1608
to go round1610
enwheela1616
surround1616
shingle1621
encirculize1624
circumviron1632
beround1643
orba1644
circumference1646
becircle1648
incircuitc1650
circumcinge1657
circumtend1684
besiege1686
cincture1789
zone1795
cravat1814
encincture1820
circumvent1824
begirdle1837
perambulate1863
cordon1891
15.. in E. Farr Sel. Poetry Reign Elizabeth (1845) II. 423 So feruent griefe engirts the King of Glory.
1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 21 This flinty ringe that engirtes it.
1616 W. Browne Britannia's Pastorals II. i. 26 Shee prepar'd to cut the watry Zone Ingirting Albion.
1747 W. Collins Odes 15 And [God] pour'd the Main engirting all.
b. To enclose partially or wholly; to hem in; to envelope.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > enclosing or enclosure > enclose [verb (transitive)]
beloukOE
pind?c1225
closec1275
beshuta1300
to shut about13..
umbclosec1330
to close about1340
aclosec1350
in close1393
enclose?a1400
tinec1400
concludea1425
includec1425
wallc1430
underclosec1440
inclusea1450
hedgec1500
lista1513
inrail1523
interclude1524
fence1535
parclose1535
riba1547
pale1570
impale1579
embay1582
immure1583
upclosec1590
enchase1591
interclose1592
recinct1598
underfong1599
intermure1606
bound1609
engirt1627
bosom1637
infence1652
cancellate1664
circumclude1677
embosomc1750
comprehend1807
1627 T. May tr. Lucan Pharsalia (new ed.) iii. 591 They make their hornes t'engirt the adverse fleet.
1634 T. Johnson tr. A. Paré Chirurg. Wks. iii. iv. 89 The skinne is double..ingirting the whole body.
Derivatives
enˈgirting n. the action of engirt v.; concrete that which engirts, the rim.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > surrounding > [noun]
girdingc1400
umbesetting1543
environing1586
engirting1599
circumtension1603
environment1603
cincture?1615
encompassing1629
encircling1632
begirding1641
circumsession1652
circumambience1720
circumscription1858
circumjacence1884
encirclement1919
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > [noun] > of something round
rimeOE
ringa1350
roundel?a1425
engirting1599
umstroke1650
1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 11 In the ninth yeare of the engirting his annoynted browes with the refulgent Ophir circle.
1623 tr. A. Favyn Theater of Honour & Knight-hood vi. ix. 159 Another Circle, which made the engirting of the Seale.
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