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Definition of Girdler

1. n. One who girdles.

Definition of Girdler

1. Noun. (obsolete) A person who made girdles ¹

2. Noun. Any of several insects that remove rings of bark for nest material ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Girdler

1. one that girdles [n -S] - See also: girdles

Medical Definition of Girdler

1. 1. One who girdles. 2. A maker of girdles. 3. An American longicorn beetle (Oncideres cingulatus) which lays its eggs in the twigs of the hickory, and then girdles each branch by gnawing a groove around it, thus killing it to provide suitable food for the larvae. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Girdler

Literary usage of Girdler

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

1. Annual Report by Illinois Farmers' Institute (1916)
"The twig-girdler of the dogwood is an example. This is a small, cylindrical beetle ... It then makes two parallel cuts. Fig. 50. Dogwood <J>- Twig girdler, ..."

2. Manual of Fruit Insects by Mark Vernon Slingerland, Cyrus Richard Crosby (1914)
"THE STRAWBERRY CROWN-girdler Otiorhynchus ovatus Linnaeus While the larvae of this ... Beetle of the strawberry crown- distributed in Europe girdler (X 9). ..."

3. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science by Kansas Academy of Science (1899)
"Although it is called the elm twig-girdler, its attacks are not confined to the elms, since it does considerable damage to the oak, persimmon, and basswood. ..."

4. Transactions of the Annual Meetings of the Kansas Academy of Science by Kansas Academy of Science, Kansas Academy of Science Meeting (1899)
"Although it is called the elm twig-girdler, its attacks are not confined to the elms, since it does considerable damage to the oak, persimmon, and bass wood ..."

5. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1914)
"girdler (Ky.) 113 SW 835, 836. A testator in one item of his will stated, "I give and bequeath to my son'' certain spec- 'ifled items of personal property, ..."

6. Vital Records of Marblehead, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 by Joseph Warren Chapman (1904)
"CAVENDISH, Sarah, and Richard girdler, Dec. 18, 1733. c. R. 3. ... El[i]za girdler, Jan. 18, 1831.* Dorothy, Mrs., of Boxford, and Capt. ..."

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