Girth vs Airth - What's the difference?
girth | airth |
The distance measured around an object.
A band passed under the belly of an animal to hold various types of saddles in place.
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The part of an animal around which the girth fits.
(informal) One's waistline circumference, most often a large one.
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A small horizontal brace or girder.
(chiefly, Scotland)
* {{quote-book, year=1857, author=S. H. Hammond, title=Wild Northern Scenes, chapter=, edition=
, passage=I've hearn some folks pretend that it comes from the bowels of the airth , but it don't; its a thing of the air, and I've a notion it travels a mighty long way from its startin' place afore it reaches us. " }}
* {{quote-book, year=1889, author=Annie Trumbull Slosson, title=Fishin' Jimmy, chapter=, edition=
, passage="As I was tellin' ye," he said, "I allers loved fishin' an' knowed 't was the best thing in the hull airth . }}
* {{quote-book, year=1901, author=Henry van Dyke, title=The Ruling Passion, chapter=, edition=
, passage=I guess there ain't nothin' on airth he loves better 'n that holler piece o' wood, and the toons that's inside o' it. }}
As nouns the difference between girth and airth
is that girth is the distance measured around an object while airth is (chiefly|scotland).As a verb girth
is to bind as if with a girth or band.girth
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(en noun)- He's a lusty, jolly fellow, that lives well, at least three yards in the girth .
Synonyms
* circumference * cinchAnagrams
* (l), (l)airth
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