Lexicon: garment – gather

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garment (-s), n. [OFr guarniment.]

Article of clothing.

garner, n. [Fr. grenier.]

Granary; building where grain is stored.

garnet, n. [L. granatus < granum, pomegranate.]

Red gem; mineral occurring in crystals of varying red shades.

garret, n. [OFr.]

  1. Watch-tower; hill.
  2. Hilltop.
  3. Loft; attic.

garrison (-ed), v. [OFr 'defense, safety, provision, store'.]

Hide; disguise.

garter, n. [OFr jarretier, bend of the knee, lower part of the leg.]

[Fig.] sunset.

gash, n. [etymology unknown.]

Wound.

gasp (-ed, -ing), v. [ON or Sw. geispa, gaspa, to yawn.]

  1. Breathe out.
  2. Catch one's breath.

gate (-s), n. [Ulterior etymology is obscure; NW says: OE gate, geat, is a way or street.]

  1. Door; opening; fence; passage; entrance.
  2. Door of Heaven.
  3. Veil; life before; pre-existence. 1584 Whose rumor's Gate was shut so tight before my Beam was sown
  4. Body; life.
  5. Blockage; impediment.
  6. Wound; problem.

gather (-ed, -ing, -s), v. [OE 'to enclose'.]

  1. Collect; bring in; drawn together.
  2. Pick; harvest.
  3. Figure out; assume.
  4. Take.
  5. Meet; come together.
  6. Becoming.
  7. Obtain; hold onto.