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Entry 4 senses · 4 variants Webster, 1913

Girt

/(gẽrt)/ · IPA /ɡɝt/
01 imp. & p. p. imp. & p. p. of Gird.
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    imp. & p. p. of Gird. See: Gird
02 v. t. To gird; to encircle; to invest by means of a girdle; to measure the girth of; as, to girt a tree.
imp. & p. p. Girted; p. pr. & vb. n. Girting
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    To gird; to encircle; to invest by means of a girdle; to measure the girth of; as, to girt a tree.
    “We here create thee the first duke of Suffolk, And girt thee with the sword.” — Shak.
03 a. 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.
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    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.(Naut.)
04 n. Same as Girth.
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    Same as Girth. See: Girth