GAR
G'AR, in Saxon, a dart, a weapon; as in Edgar, or Eadgar, a happy weapon; Ethelgar, noble weapon.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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GARAGAY
GAR'AGAY, noun A rapacious fowl of Mexico, of the size of the kite.
GARB
G'ARB, noun1. Dress; clothes; habit; as the garb of a clergyman or judge.2. Fashion or mode of dress.3. Exterior appearance; looks.4. In heraldry, a sheaf of corn.
GARBAGE
G'ARBAGE, noun [I know not the component parts of this word.] The bowels of an animal; refuse parts of flesh; offal.
GARBAGED
G'ARBAGED, adjective Stripped of the bowels.
GARBEL
G'ARBEL, noun The plank next the keel of a ship. [See Garboard-streak.]
GARBLE
G'ARBLE, verb transitive [Latin cribro, cribello.]1. Properly, to sift or bolt; to separate the fine or valuabale parts of a substance from the coarse and useless parts, or from...
GARBLED
G'ARBLED, participle passive Sifted; bolted; separated; culled out.
GARBLER
G'ARBLER, noun One who garbles, sifts or separates. A garbler of spices, is an officer of great antiquity in London.1. One who picks out, culls or selects.
GARBLES
G'ARBLES, nounplural The dust, soil or filth, severed from good spices, drugs, etc.
GARBLING
G'ARBLING, participle present tense Sifting; separating; sorting; culling.
GARBOARD
G'ARBOARD, noun The garboard plank, in a ship, is the first plank fastened on the keel on the outside.Garboard-streak, in a ship, is the first range or streak of planks laid on ...
GARBOIL
G'ARBOIL, noun Tumult; uproar. [Not used.]
GARD
GARD. [See Guard and Ward.]
GARDEN
G'ARDEN, noun [Eng. yard, an inclosed place; Latin hortus.]1. A piece of ground appropriated to the cultivation of herbs, or plants, fruits and flowers; usually near a mansion-h...
GARDEN-PLOT
G'ARDEN-PLOT, noun The plot or plantation of a garden.
GARDEN-STUFF
G'ARDEN-STUFF, noun Plants growing in a garden; vegetables for the table. [A word in popular use.]
GARDEN-WARE
G'ARDEN-WARE, noun The produce of gardens. [Not in use.]
GARDENER
G'ARDENER, noun One whose occupation is to make, tend and dress a garden.
GARDENING
G'ARDENING, participle present tense Cultivating or tilling a garden.G'ARDENING, noun The act of laying out and cultivating gardens; horticulture.
GARDON
G'ARDON, noun A fish of the roach kind.
GARE
GARE, noun Coarse wool growing on the legs of sheep.
GARGARISM
G'ARGARISM, noun [Latin gargarismus; Gr. to wash the mouth; allied probably to gorge, the throat.]A gargle; any liquid preparation used to wash the mouth and throat, to cure inf...
GARGARIZE
G'ARGARIZE, verb transitive [Latin gargarizo.] To wash or rinse the mouth with any medicated liquor.
GARGET
G'ARGET, noun [See Gorge.] A distemper in cattle, consisting in a swelling of the throat and the neighboring parts.
GARGIL
G'ARGIL, noun A distemper in geese, which stops the head and often proves fatal.
GARGLE
G'ARGLE, verb transitive [Eng. to gurgle.]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...