A sarcastic remark.
I thank thee for that gird, good Tranio.
A stroke with a rod or switch.
A severe spasm; a twinge; a pang.
From Middle English girden, gerden, gürden, from Old English gyrdan (“to put a belt around, to put a girdle around”), from Proto-Germanic *gurdijaną (“to gird”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ-. Cog...
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Conscience […] is freed from many fearful girds and twinges which the atheist feels.