Emily Dickinson Lexicon

GAR'NISH, v.t. [Fr. garnir; Arm. goarniça; Sp. guarnecer; It. guarnire, guernire; Norm. garner, garnisher, to warn, to summon. The latter sense as still used in law language, and it would seem that warn and garnish are from the same root, for warn, written in the Celtic manner, would be guarn.]

1. To adorn; to decorate with appendages; to set off. All within with flowers was garnished. Spenser.
2. To fit with fetters; a cant term.
3. To furnish; to supply; as, a fort garnished with troops.
4. In law, to warn; to give notice. [See Garnishee.]

GAR'NISH-ED, pp.

1. Adorned; decorated; embellished.
2. Furnished.
3. Warned; notified.

GAR'NISH-EE, n.

In law, one in whose hands the property of an absconding or absent debtor is attached, who is warned or notified of the demand or suit, and who may appear and defend in the suit, in the place of the principal. Stat. of Connecticut.

GAR'NISH-ING, n.

That which garnishes; ornament.

GAR'NISH-ING, ppr.

Adorning; decorating; warning.

GAR'NISH-MENT, n.

1. Ornament; embellishment. Wotton.
2. Warning; legal notice to the agent or attorney of an absconding debtor.
3. A fee.

GAR'NI-TURE, n.

Ornamental appendages; embellishment; furniture; dress. Addison. Beattie. Gray.

GA'ROUS, a. [L. garum, pickle.]

Resembling pickle made of fish. Brown.

GAR'RAN, or GAR'RON, n. [Ir. garran; Scot. garron; G. gurre.]

A small horse; a highland horse; a hack; a jade; a galloway. [Not used in America.] Temple.

GAR'RET, n. [Scot. garret, a watch-tower, the top of a hill; garritour, a watchman on the battlements of a castle; Fr. guerite, a sentinel-box; Sp. guardilla; Arm. garid; from the root of ward, guard, which see.]

1. That part of a house which is on the upper floor, immediately under the roof.
2. Rotten wood. [Not in use.] Bacon.

GAR'RET-ED, a.

Protected by turrets. Carex.

GAR-RET-EER', n.

An inhabitant of a garret; a poor author.

GAR'RI-SON, n. [Fr. garnison; Arm. goarnison; Sp. guarnicon, a garrison, a flounce, furbelow or trimming, the setting of any thing in gold or silver, the guard of a sword, garniture, ornament; It. guernigione; Port. guarniçam; D. waarison. The French, English, Armoric, Spanish and Italian words are from garnish; the Dutch is from waaren, to keep, to guard, Eng. warren, and from this root we have warrant and guaranty, as well as guard and regard, all from one source. See Warren.]

1. A body of troops stationed in a fort or fortified town, to defend it against an enemy, or to keep the inhabitants in subjection.
2. A fort, castle or fortified town, furnished with troops to defend it. Waller.
3. The state of being placed in a fortification for its defense; as, troops laid in garrison. Spencer.

GAR'RI-SON, v.t.

1. To place troops in a fortress for its defense; to furnish with soldiers; as, to garrison a font town.
2. To secure or defend by fortresses manned with troops; as, to garrison a conquered territory.

GAR'RI-SON-ED, pp.

Furnished with troops in a fort for defense.

GAR'RI-SON-ING, ppr.

Furnishing with troops in a fortress for defense.

GAR-ROTE', n. [Sp.]

A mode of punishment in Spain by strangulation, the victim being placed on a stool with a post behind, to which is affixed an iron collar with a screw; this collar is made to clasp the neck of the criminal, and drawn tighter by means of the screw, until life becomes extinct. Borrow.

GAR-RU'LI-TY, n. [L. garrulitas, from garrio, to prate; Gr. γαρυω, γηρυω; It. gairim; W. gair, a word. Class Gr. No. 2, 9, 15, 49.]

Talkativeness; loquacity; the practice or habit of talking much; a babbling or tattling. Ray.

GAR'RU-LOUS, a.

Talkative; prating; as, garrulous old age. Thomson.

GAR'RU-LOUS-LY, adv.

In a talkative manner.

GAR'TER, n. [Fr. jarretiere, from W. gar, Arm. garr, the leg, ham or shank.]

1. A string or band used to tie a stocking to the leg.
2. The badge of an order of knighthood in Great Britain, called the order of the garter, instituted by Edward III. This order is a college or corporation.
3. The principal king at arms. Johnson.
4. A term in heraldry, signifying the half of a bend. Encyc.

GAR'TER, v.t.

1. To bind with a garter.
2. To invest with the order of the garter. Warton.

GAR'TER-ED, pp.

Bound with a garter.

GAR'TER-FISH, n.

A fish having a long depressed body, like the blade of a sword; the Lepidopus. Dict. of Nat. Hist.

GAR'TER-ING, ppr.

Tying with a garter.