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1.nounThat which girds, encircles, or encloses; a circumference
2.nounA belt or elasticated corset; especially, a belt, sash, or article of dress encircling the body usually at the waist, often used to support stockings or hosiery.
3.nounThe zodiac; also, the equator.
4.nounThe line of greatest circumference of a brilliant-cut diamond, at which it is grasped by the setting.
5.nounA thin bed or stratum of stone.
6.nounThe clitellum of an earthworm.
7.nounThe removal or inversion of a ring of bark in order to kill or stunt a tree.
8.verbTo gird, encircle, or constrain by such means.
9.verbTo kill or stunt a tree by removing or inverting a ring of bark.