Index of English words, starting with "gi"

(1) - Girandole (n.) A series of chambers in defensive mines.
(2) - Girandole (n.) A kind of revolving firework.
(3) - Girandole (n.) A flower stand, fountain, or the like, of branching form.
(4) - Girandole (n.) An ornamental branched candlestick.

(1) - Gird (v. t.) To prepare; to make ready; to equip; as, to gird one's self for a contest.
(2) - Gird (v. t.) To clothe; to swathe; to invest.
(3) - Gird (v. t.) To surround; to encircle, or encompass.
(4) - Gird (v. t.) To make fast, as clothing, by binding with a cord, girdle, bandage, etc.
(5) - Gird (v. t.) To encircle or bind with any flexible band.
(6) - Gird (v. i.) To gibe; to sneer; to break a scornful jest; to utter severe sarcasms.
(7) - Gird (v.) To sneer at; to mock; to gibe.
(8) - Gird (v.) To strike; to smite.
(9) - Gird (n.) A cut; a sarcastic remark; a gibe; a sneer.
(10) - Gird (n.) A stroke with a rod or switch; a severe spasm; a twinge; a pang.

(1) - Girder (n.) A main beam; a stright, horizontal beam to span an opening or carry weight, such as ends of floor beams, etc.; hence, a framed or built-up member discharging the same office, technically called a compound girder. See Illusts. of Frame, and Doubleframed floor, under Double.
(2) - Girder (n.) One who, or that which, girds.
(3) - Girder (n.) One who girds; a satirist.

(1) - Girdle (v. t.) To make a cut or gnaw a groove around (a tree, etc.) through the bark and alburnum, thus killing it.
(2) - Girdle (v. t.) To inclose; to environ; to shut in.
(3) - Girdle (v. t.) To bind with a belt or sash; to gird.
(4) - Girdle (n.) The clitellus of an earthworm.
(5) - Girdle (n.) A thin bed or stratum of stone.
(6) - Girdle (n.) The line ofgreatest circumference of a brilliant-cut diamond, at which it is grasped by the setting. See Illust. of Brilliant.
(7) - Girdle (n.) The zodiac; also, the equator.
(8) - Girdle (n.) That which girds, encircles, or incloses; a circumference; a belt; esp., a belt, sash, or article of dress encircling the body usually at the waist; a cestus.
(9) - Girdle (n.) A griddle.