engirt
11engird — /en gerrd /, v.t., engirt or engirded, engirding. to encircle; encompass: The equator engirds the earth. [1560 70; EN 1 + GIRD1] * * * …
12GREENLAND — (11), an extensive but imperfectly defined territory lying mostly within the Arctic circle to the NE. of North America, from which it is separated by Davis Strait and Baffin Bay; the area is variously estimated from 512,000 to 320,000 sq. m.;… …
13cinctured — a. Girded, belted, girdled, girt, engirt …
14ringed — adj 1. striped, striated, streaked, annulate, annulated, Archit. banded. 2. circled, hooped, belted, girded, cinctured, compassed; encircled, encompassed, engirt, begirt, circumscribed, embraced, Archaic. orbed; surrounded, enclosed, hemmed in,… …
15engird — /ɛnˈgɜd/ (say en gerd), /ən / (say uhn ) verb (t) (engirt or engirded, engirding) to encircle; encompass. {en 1 + gird1} …
16engird — [en gʉrd′ l] vt. engirdled, engirdling [en gʉrd′] vt. engirt or engirded, engirding Archaic to encircle; encompass; gird: also engirdle [en gʉrd′ l] vt. engirdled, engirdling …
17ingirt — variant of engirt v., Obs …
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