Emily Dickinson Lexicon

GAR'GA-RIZE, v.t. [Fr. gargariser; L. gargarizo; Gr. γαργαριζω.]

To wash or rinse the mouth with any medicated liquor. Bacon.

GAR'GET, n. [See Gorge.]

A distemper in cattle, consisting in a swelling of the throat and the neighboring parts. Encyc.

GAR'GIL, n.

A distemper in geese, which stops the head and often proves fatal. Encyc.

GAR'GLE, n.

Any liquid preparation for washing the mouth and throat. Wiseman.

GAR'GLE, v.t. [Fr. gargouiller, to paddle or dabble; It. gargagliare, to murmur; Eng. to gurgle; D. gorgelen; G. gurgeln; allied to gorge, gurges.]

1. To wash the throat and mouth with a liquid preparation, which is kept from descending into the stomach by a gentle expiration of air.
2. To warble; to play in the throat. [Unusual.] Waller.

GAR'GLED, pp.

Washed, as the throat.

GAR'GLING, ppr.

Washing, as the throat.

GAR'GLI-ON, n.

An exsudation of nervous juice from a bruise, which indurates into a tumor. Quincy.

GAR'GOL, n.

A distemper in swine. Mortimer.

GA'RISH, a. [See GAIRISH.]

GAR'LAND, n. [Fr. guirlande; It. ghirlanda; Sp. guirnalda; Port. grinalda; Arm. garlantez. This word has been referred to the L. gyrus, and it may be from the same root. It seems to denote something round or twisted, for in Spanish it is used for a wreath of cordage or puddening.]

1. A wreath or chaplet made of branches, flowers, feathers, and sometimes of precious stones, to be worn on the head like a crown. Pope. Encyc.
2. An ornament of flowers, fruits and leaves intermixed, anciently used at the gates of temples where feasts and solemn rejoicings were held. Encyc.
3. The top; the principal thing, or thing most prized. Shak.
4. A collection of little printed pieces. Percy.
5. In ships, a sort of net used by sailors instead of a locker or cupboard. Mar. Dict.

GAR'LAND, v.t.

To deck with a garland. B. Jonson.

GAR'LAND-ED, pp.

Adorned with a garland.

GAR'LAND-ING, ppr.

Decking with a garland.

GAR'LAND-LESS, a.

Destitute of a garland.

GAR'LIC, n. [Sax. garlec or garleac; gar, a dart or lance, in Welsh, a shank, and leac, a leek; Ir. gairliog; W. garlleg. The Germans call it knoblauch, knobleek; D. knoflook; Gr. σκοροδον.]

A plant of the genus Allium, having a bulbous root, a very strong smell, and an acrid, pungent taste. Each root is composed of several lesser bulbs, called cloves of garlic, inclosed in a common membranous coat and easily separable. Encyc.

GAR'LIC-EAT-ER, n.

A low fellow. Shak.

GAR'LIC-PEAR-TREE, n.

A tree in Jamaica, the Crateva, bearing a fruit which has a strong scent of garlic. Miller.

GAR'MENT, n. [Norm. garnament; Old Fr. guarniment; It. guarnimento, furniture, ornament; from the root of garnish, and denoting what is put on or furnished.]

Any article of clothing, as a coat, a gown, &c. Garments in the plural, denotes clothing in general; dress. No man putteth a piece of new cloth to an old garment. Matth. ix.

GAR'NER, n. [Fr. grenier; Ir. geirneal; Norm. guernier, garnier. See Grain.]

A granary; a building or place where grain is stored for preservation.

GAR'NER, v.t.

To store in a granary. Shak.

GAR'NER-ED, pp.

Deposited in a garner.

GAR'NER-ING, ppr.

Storing in a garner.

GAR'NET, n. [It. granato; Fr. grenat; Sp. granate; L. granatus, from granum, or granatum, the pomegranate.]

1. A mineral usually occurring in crystals more or less regular. The crystals have numerous sides, from twelve to sixty or even eighty-four. Its prevailing color is red of various shades, but often brown, and sometimes green, yellow or black. It sometimes resembles the hyacinth, the leucite, and the idocrase. Of this gem there are several varieties; as, the precious or oriental, the pyrope, the topazolite, the succinite, the common garnet, the melanite, the pyrenaite, the grossular, the allochroite, the aplome, and the colophonite. Haüy. Cleaveland.
2. In ships, a sort of tackle fixed to the main stay, and used to hoist in and out the cargo.

GAR'NISH, n.

1. Ornament; something added for embellishment; decoration. Matter and figure they produce; / For garnish this, and that for use. Prior.
2. In jails, fetters; a cant term.
3. Pensiuncala carceraria; a fee; an acknowledgment in money when first a prisoner goes to jail. Ainsworth.