gird
verb
- encircle
- prepare, get ready for
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ɡɜːd/ / /ɡɝd/
noun
Etymology: From Middle English girden (“to strike”), from Old English *gyrdan.
- A sarcastic remark.
“I thank thee for that gird, good Tranio.”
- A stroke with a rod or switch.
- A severe spasm; a twinge; a pang.
“Conscience […] is freed from many fearful girds and twinges which the atheist feels.”
verb
Etymology: From Middle English girden (“to strike”), from Old English *gyrdan.
- To jeer at.
“Being moved, he will not spare to gird the gods.”
- To jeer.
“Men of all sorts take a pride to gird at me.”