1. vt. To embrace, hug; to gird on, as armor or a corset; to grip tightly. Cf. liki 2. Pūliki ʻia i ka ʻēpoda olonā (1 Sam. 22.18), did wear a linen ephod. He heʻe ka iʻa, he pūliki ka lani, an octopus, the marine creature [seen by the seer in the clouds], the heavens are clutched [a fierce battle]. hoʻo.pū.liki To gird on.
2. n. Vest.
v. Pu and liki, to bind up. To gird up tightly; to wrap around, as a vest or armor. Epes. 6:14.
2. To embrace or fold in one’s arms, as an infant. 2 Nal. 4:16.
3. To gird or tie round. 1 Sam. 22:18.
4. To embrace with affection. Kin. 48:12.
5. To hold fast; to make tight.
s. A vest; any garment girded around the body.
A vest; any garment girded around the body.
[Pu and liki, to bind up.]
1. To gird up tightly; to wrap around, as a vest or armor.
2. To embrace or fold in one's arms, as an infant.
3. To gird or tie round.
4. To embrace with affection.
5. To hold fast; to make tight.
Vest; any garment girded around the body.
vest: to embrace, clasp; to wrap around.
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