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cincture

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cincture, girdle
cincture
A ring of moldings around the top or bottom of the shaft of a column, separating
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Their luxuriant locks, wound up and twisted into the smallest possible compass, were freed from the briny element; the whole person carefully dried, and from a little round shell that passed from hand to hand, anointed with a fragrant oil: their adornments were completed by passing a few loose folds of white tappa, in a modest cincture, around the waist.
Typee by Melville, Herman View in context
Such of late COLUMBUS found th' AMERICAN to girt With featherd Cincture, naked else and wilde Among the Trees on Iles and woodie Shores.
Paradise Lost by Milton, John View in context
He also wore armlets, and cinctures above the ankles, of the latter precious metal.
The Last of The Mohicans by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context
 
 
 
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