begird
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Till like a cold gust thrilled the little word At which each body and its soul begird And tighten them for battle.
From Poems by Owen, Wilfred
Neither the nurse who comes at dawn to visit her nursling E'er shall avail her neck to begird with yesterday's ribband.
From The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
In the mean time the eyes of her sister Grace Margaret had roamed disapprovingly over Genevieve Maud's white dress, the blue sash that begirded her middle, the rampant bow on her hair.
From Many Kingdoms by Jordan, Elizabeth Garver
Lord, with what care hast Thou begirt us round!
From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Alden, Raymond MacDonald
Like a child in the cradle,” continued Hanna, pointing to the pool begirt by dark maples and weeping-willows, whose melancholy branches drooped in the water.
From The Mantle and Other Stories by Gogol, Nikolai Vasilievich
I know why the elephant by a thick skin And a tough one is ever begirt: It is so when he's struck by the trainer's crowbar, He can laugh in his trunk all unhurt.
From Harper's Round Table, June 4, 1895 by Various
Built in a little cleft of the Apennines, it is begirt with great mountains,—wild, barren, and desolate.
From The Fortunes Of Glencore by Lever, Charles James
The rise of the Mohammadan power in Arabia, and the rapid spread of Islamism, first circumscribed the limits of the empire, and begirt it round with foes.
From The Highlands of Ethiopia by Harris, William Cornwallis
