Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Dictionary: GAR'DEN – GA'RISH
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GAR'DEN, v.i.
To lay out or to cultivate a garden; to prepare ground, to plant and till it, for the purpose of producing plants, shrubs, flowers and fruits.
GAR'DEN-ED, pp.
Dressed and cultivated as a garden.
GAR'DEN-ER, n.
One whose occupation is to make, tend and dress a garden.
GAR'DEN-ING, n.
The act of laying out and cultivating gardens; horticulture. Encyc.
GAR'DEN-ING, ppr.
Cultivating or tilling a garden.
GAR'DEN-LESS, a.
Destitute of a garden. Shelley.
GAR'DEN-MOLD, n.
Mold, or rich mellow earth suitable for a garden. Mortimer.
GAR'DEN-PLOT, n.
The plot or plantation of a garden. Milton.
GAR'DEN-STUFF, n.
Plants growing in a garden; vegetables for the table. [A word in popular use.]
GAR'DEN-TIL-LAGE, n.
The tillage or cultivation of a garden.
GAR'DEN-WARE, n.
The produce of gardens. [Not in use.] Mortimer.
GAR'DON, n.
A fish of the roach kind.
GARE, n.
Coarse wool growing on the legs of sheep. Dict.
GAR'FISH, or GAR, n.
A marine fish. In America, the name of several fishes with long, pointed bony snouts, belonging to the genera Lepisosteus and Belone. Haldeman.
GAR'GA-RISM, n. [L. gargarismus; Gr. γαργαριζω, to wash the mouth; allied probably to gorge, the throat.]
A gargle; any liquid preparation used to wash the mouth and throat, to cure inflammations or ulcers, &c. Encyc.
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.]
- To wash the throat and mouth with a liquid preparation, which is kept from descending into the stomach by a gentle expiration of air.
- 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.]