Definition of Engirdling

1. Verb. (present participle of engirdle) ¹

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Definition of Engirdling

1. engirdle [v] - See also: engirdle

Lexicographical Neighbors of Engirdling

engineman
enginemen
enginer
engineries
enginers
enginery
engines
engining
enginous
engird
engirded
engirding
engirdle
engirdled
engirdles
engirdling (current term)
engirds
engirt
engiscope
engiscopes
englacial
engladden
engladdened
engladdening
engladdens
english
englished
englishes
englishing

Literary usage of Engirdling

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Palæozoic Fossils by Geological Survey of Canada, Elkanah Billings, Joseph Frederick Whiteaves (1865)
"... annulations broadly rounded, slightly elevated, about two lines distant from each other ; surface with fine thread-like engirdling striae. ..."

2. Tait's Edinburgh Magazine by William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone (1834)
"A change of our sun's place, comparatively small, might render it impossible for the inhabitants of his engirdling planets to see along these two branches ..."

3. Northern Antiquities: Or, An Historical Account of the Manners, Customs by Paul Henri Mallet (1847)
"... ocean engirdling the earth, which suits his latter theory, stated in the note below, admirably. We have so frequently expressed our opinion respecting ..."

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