Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To loosen by taking off the girdle, as a robe; also, to take the girdle or belt from.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To loose the girdle or band of; to unbind; to unload.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To loosen the
girdle orband of. - verb To
unbind orunload .
Etymologies
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Examples
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I realise that the queer sensibility tries to "ungird" and de-stabilize our sense of what is and isn't "natural".
Glowing Green Bunnies! Glowing Green Bunnies! Gordie 2008
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I realise that the queer sensibility tries to "ungird" and de-stabilize our sense of what is and isn't "natural".
Archive 2008-08-01 Gordie 2008
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I prithee now, ungird thy strangeness and tell me what I shall vent to my lady: shall I vent to her that thou art coming?
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Several times Domino seemed to lose her stomach for the fight, but Switters, operating on not much more than a hunch, propped her up, girded her loins (though he might have preferred to ungird them), and pushed her back into the fray.
Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates Robbins, Tom 2000
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Several times Domino seemed to lose her stomach for the fight, but Switters, operating on not much more than a hunch, propped her up, girded her loins (though he might have preferred to ungird them), and pushed her back into the fray.
Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates Robbins, Tom 2000
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"Uncover your heads, ungird your garments and cast the bones of your mother behind you."
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"Uncover your heads, ungird your garments and cast the bones of your mother behind you."
Famous Tales of Fact and Fancy Myths and Legends of the Nations of the World Retold for Boys and Girls Logan [Editor] Marshall
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I prithee now, ungird thy strangeness and tell me what I shall vent to my lady.
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"But will you not ungird yourself and sing a little?"
The Knights of the Cross or, Krzyzacy Henryk Sienkiewicz 1881
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But though the word of Omnipotence can alone bring back the dead, human hands and human efforts can roll away the interjacent stone, and prepare for the performance of the miracle; and after the miracle _is_ performed, human hands may again be called in to tear off the cerements of the tomb, to ungird the bandages from the restored captive, to
Memories of Bethany 1856
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