Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
garbed |
adjective |
Dressed; habited; clad. |
garbel |
noun |
Same as Garboard., Anything sifted, or from which the coarse parts have been taken. |
garble |
verb t. |
To sift or bolt, to separate the fine or valuable parts of from the coarse and useless parts, or from dros or dirt; as, to garble spices., To pick out such parts of as may serve a purpose; to mutilate; to pervert; as, to garble a quotation; to garble an account., Refuse; rubbish., Impurities separated from spices, drugs, etc.; — also called garblings. |
garden |
noun |
A piece of ground appropriated to the cultivation of herbs, fruits, flowers, or vegetables., A rich, well-cultivated spot or tract of country., To lay out or cultivate a garden; to labor in a garden; to practice horticulture., To cultivate as a garden. |
gardon |
noun |
A European cyprinoid fish; the id. |
garget |
noun |
The throat., A diseased condition of the udders of cows, etc., arising from an inflammation of the mammary glands., A distemper in hogs, indicated by staggering and loss of appetite., See Poke. |
gargil |
noun |
A distemper in geese, affecting the head. |
gargle |
noun |
See Gargoyle., To wash or rinse, as the mouth or throat, particular the latter, agitating the liquid (water or a medicinal preparation) by an expulsion of air from the lungs., To warble; to sing as if gargling, A liquid, as water or some medicated preparation, used to cleanse the mouth and throat, especially for a medical effect. |
gargol |
noun |
A distemper in swine; garget. |
garish |
adjective |
Showy; dazzling; ostentatious; attracting or exciting attention., Gay to extravagance; flighty. |
garlic |
noun |
A plant of the genus Allium (A. sativum is the cultivated variety), 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., A kind of jig or farce. |
garner |
noun |
A granary; a building or place where grain is stored for preservation., To gather for preservation; to store, as in a granary; to treasure. |
garnet |
noun |
A mineral having many varieties differing in color and in their constituents, but with the same crystallization (isometric), and conforming to the same general chemical formula. The commonest color is red, the luster is vitreous, and the hardness greater than that of quartz. The dodecahedron and trapezohedron are the common forms., A tackle for hoisting cargo in our out. |
garous |
adjective |
Pertaining to, or resembling, garum. |
garran |
noun |
See Galloway. |
garret |
noun |
A turret; a watchtower., That part of a house which is on the upper floor, immediately under or within the roof; an attic. |
garron |
noun |
Same as Garran. |
garrot |
noun |
A stick or small wooden cylinder used for tightening a bandage, in order to compress the arteries of a limb., The European golden-eye. |
garter |
noun |
A band used to prevent a stocking from slipping down on the leg., The distinguishing badge of the highest order of knighthood in Great Britain, called the Order of the Garter, instituted by Edward III.; also, the Order itself., Same as Bendlet., To bind with a garter., To invest with the Order of the Garter. |
garvie |
noun |
The sprat; — called also garvie herring, and garvock. |