What is to inclose; to environ; to shut in. Those sleeping stones, That as a waist doth girdle you about. Shak called?
girdle — To inclose; to environ; to shut in. Those sleeping stones, That as a waist doth girdle you about. Shak. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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