(n.) A cut; a sarcastic remark; a gibe; a sneer.
(n.) A stroke with a rod or switch; a severe spasm; a twinge; a pang.
(v.) To sneer at; to mock; to gibe.
(v.) To strike; to smite.
(v. i.) To gibe; to sneer; to break a scornful jest; to utter severe sarcasms.
(v. t.) To clothe; to swathe; to invest.
(v. t.) To encircle or bind with any flexible band.
(v. t.) To make fast, as clothing, by binding with a cord, girdle, bandage, etc.
(v. t.) To prepare; to make ready; to equip; as, to gird one's self for a contest.
(v. t.) To surround; to encircle, or encompass.