engirt

engirt
Encircled, surrounded.

They noted too his cavalier way with the facts of a case, and his ability to twist the most mundane judicial dictum into the pronouncement of some engirt tyrant, whose fortress he and he alone must storm.


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  • Engirt — En*girt , v. t. To engird. [R.] Collins. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Engirt — Engird En*gird , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Engirded} or {Engirt} (?); p. pr. & vb. n. {Engirding}.] [Pref. en + gird. Cf. {Ingirt}.] To gird; to encompass. Shak. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • engirt — en·girt (ĕn gûrtʹ) v. Past tense and past participle of engird. * * * …   Universalium

  • engirt — transitive verb Etymology: en (I) + girt, v. obsolete : envelop, encircle, engird …   Useful english dictionary

  • Engird — En*gird , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Engirded} or {Engirt} (?); p. pr. & vb. n. {Engirding}.] [Pref. en + gird. Cf. {Ingirt}.] To gird; to encompass. Shak. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Engirded — Engird En*gird , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Engirded} or {Engirt} (?); p. pr. & vb. n. {Engirding}.] [Pref. en + gird. Cf. {Ingirt}.] To gird; to encompass. Shak. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Engirding — Engird En*gird , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Engirded} or {Engirt} (?); p. pr. & vb. n. {Engirding}.] [Pref. en + gird. Cf. {Ingirt}.] To gird; to encompass. Shak. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Ingirt — In*girt , v. t. [See {Ingirt}.] To encircle; to gird; to engirt. [1913 Webster] The wreath is ivy that ingirts our beams. Drayton. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Eilean nan Ròn — Infobox Scottish island | latitude=58.55 longitude= 4.34 GridReference=NC637656 celtic name=Eilean nan Ròn norse name= meaning of name=island of the seals area=138 ha area rank= 130= highest elevation= Cnoc an Loisgein 76 m Population=0… …   Wikipedia

  • engird — /en gerrd /, v.t., engirt or engirded, engirding. to encircle; encompass: The equator engirds the earth. [1560 70; EN 1 + GIRD1] * * * …   Universalium

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