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Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. A girdle; particularly that of Aphrodite (or Venus) which gave the wearer the power of exciting love.

2. A genus of Ctenophora. The typical species (Cestus Veneris) is remarkable for its brilliant iridescent colors, and its long, girdlelike form.

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2

Part of speech: noun (n.)

A covering for the hands of boxers, made of leather bands, and often loaded with lead or iron.

Noah Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Structured JSON vendored from sktzofrenic/webster1828 at commit 5a58d9e0191eefaa51affbc1bb1b8bc5782ba6c0. The upstream README identifies the dictionary text as public domain and the project license as MIT.

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