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Irdle

(1):

(n.) The zodiac; also, the equator.

(2):

(v. t.) To make a cut or gnaw a groove around (a tree, etc.) through the bark and alburnum, thus killing it.

(3):

(n.) The clitellus of an earthworm.

(4):

(n.) A griddle.

(5):

(n.) The line ofgreatest circumference of a brilliant-cut diamond, at which it is grasped by the setting. See Illust. of Brilliant.

(6):

(v. t.) To bind with a belt or sash; to gird.

(7):

(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.

(8):

(v. t.) To inclose; to environ; to shut in.

(9):

(n.) A thin bed or stratum of stone.