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Garbed
() Dressed; habited; clad.
Garbel
() Same as Garboard.
Garbel
() Anything sifted, or from which the coarse parts have been taken.
Garbled
() of Garble
Garbling
() of Garble
Garble
() 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.
Garble
() To pick out such parts of as may serve a purpose; to mutilate; to pervert; as, to garble a quotation; to garble an account.
Garble
() Refuse; rubbish.
Garble
() Impurities separated from spices, drugs, etc.; -- also called garblings.
Garbler
() One who garbles.
Garboard
() One of the planks next the keel on the outside, which form a garboard strake.
Garboil
() Tumult; disturbance; disorder.
Garcinia
() A genus of plants, including the mangosteen tree (Garcinia Mangostana), found in the islands of the Indian Archipelago; -- so called in honor of Dr. Garcin.
Gard
() Garden.
Gard
() See Guard.
Gardant
() Turning the head towards the spectator, but not the body; -- said of a lion or other beast.
Garden
() A piece of ground appropriated to the cultivation of herbs, fruits, flowers, or vegetables.
Garden
() A rich, well-cultivated spot or tract of country.
Gardened
() of Garden
Gardening
() of Garden
Garden
() To lay out or cultivate a garden; to labor in a garden; to practice horticulture.
Garden
() To cultivate as a garden.
Gardener
() One who makes and tends a garden; a horticulturist.
Gardenia
() A genus of plants, some species of which produce beautiful and fragrant flowers; Cape jasmine; -- so called in honor of Dr. Alexander Garden.
Gardening
() The art of occupation of laying out and cultivating gardens; horticulture.
Gardenless
() Destitute of a garden.
Gardenly
() Like a garden.
Gardenship
() Horticulture.
Gardon
() A European cyprinoid fish; the id.
Gardyloo
() An old cry in throwing water, slops, etc., from the windows in Edingburgh.
Gare
() Coarse wool on the legs of sheep.
Garefowl
() The great auk; also, the razorbill. See Auk.
Garfish
() A European marine fish (Belone vulgaris); -- called also gar, gerrick, greenback, greenbone, gorebill, hornfish, longnose, mackerel guide, sea needle, and sea pike.
Garfish
() One of several species of similar fishes of the genus Tylosurus, of which one species (T. marinus) is common on the Atlantic coast. T. Caribbaeus, a very large species, and T. crassus, are more southern; -- called also needlefish. Many of the common names of the European garfish are also applied to the American species.
Gargalize
() To gargle; to rinse.
Garganey
() A small European duck (Anas querquedula); -- called also cricket teal, and summer teal.
Gargantuan
() Characteristic of Gargantua, a gigantic, wonderful personage; enormous; prodigious; inordinate.
Gargarism
() A gargle.
Gargarize
() To gargle; to rinse or wash, as the mouth and throat.
Garget
() The throat.
Garget
() A diseased condition of the udders of cows, etc., arising from an inflammation of the mammary glands.
Garget
() A distemper in hogs, indicated by staggering and loss of appetite.
Garget
() See Poke.
Gargil
() A distemper in geese, affecting the head.
Gargle
() See Gargoyle.
Garggled
() of Gargle
Gargling
() of Gargle
Gargle
() 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.
Gargle
() To warble; to sing as if gargling
Gargle
() A liquid, as water or some medicated preparation, used to cleanse the mouth and throat, especially for a medical effect.
