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An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Găr'ret, n. p. 559A turret or battlement. [Obs.] He saw men go up and down on the garrets of the gates and walls. Ld. Berners. 2. That part of a house which is on the upper floor, immediately under the roof; an attic.…Gär'ret-ed, a. p. 559Protected by turrets. [Obs.] Carew.Gar'ret-eer', n. p. 559An inhabitant of a garret; a poor author; a literary hack.Găr'ret-ing, n. p. 559Small splinters of stone inserted in the joints of coarse masonry. Weale.Găr'ri-son, n. p. 559(Mil.) (a.) A body of troops stationed in a fort or fortified town, to defend it against an enemy, or to keep the inhabitants in subjection. Burke. (b.) A strong place, in which troops are quartered…Gär'ri-son, v. t. p. 559(Mil.) (a.) To place troops in, as in a fortress, for its defense; to furnish with soldiers; as, to garrison a fort or town. (b.) To secure or defend by fortresses manned with troops; as, to garrison…Gär'ron, n. p. 559Same as GARRAN, q. v.Gär'rot, n. p. 559(Surg.) A stick or small wooden cylinder used for the purpose of tightening a bandage, in order to compress the arteries of a limb. 2. (Ornith.) A kind of duck; a bird of the genus Clangula.Gar-rōte', n. p. 559A Spanish mode of execution by strangulation, with an iron collar affixed to a post and tightened by a screw until life becomes extinct; also, the instrument by means of which the punishment is…Gar-rōte', v. t. p. 559To strangle with the garrote; hence, to seize by the throat from behind, with a view to strangle and rob.Gar-röt'er, n. p. 559One who seizes a person by the throat from behind, with a view to strangle and rob him.Gar-rŭl'li-ty, n. p. 559The quality of being garrulous; talkativeness; loquacity. Ray.Gär'rŭ-lōüs, a. p. 559Indulging in, or characterized by, long, prosy talk, with repetition and excessive detail; talkative; loquacious. Undoubtedly the French are the most garrulous people on earth. De Quincey.…Gär'rul-lōus-ly, adv. p. 559In a garrulous manner.Gär'ru-lou's-ness, n. p. 559Talkativeness; loquacity.Gär'ter, n. p. 559A string or band used to tie a stocking to the leg, so as to prevent it from dropping or slipping down. 2. The badge of the highest order of knighthood in Great Britain, called the Order of the…Gär'ter, v. t. p. 559To bind with a garter. He ... could not see to garter his hose. 2. To invest with the order of the Garter. Warton.Gär'ter-fish, n. p. 559(Ichth.) A fish having a long, depressed body, like the blade of a sword; the Lepidopus.Gär'ter-snāk(e), n. p. 559(Zoöl.) The striped snake, of which there are two species, both harmless, common in the United States, Eutania sirtalis, and E. ordinata, the latter being found only in the Southern States.Gärth, n. p. 559A close; a yard; a croft; a garden. I think no more of deadly larks therein Than in a clapper clapping in a garth To scare the fowl from fruit. Tennyson. 2. A hoop or band. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell. 3.…Gā'rum, n. p. 559A sauce, much prized by the ancients, made of small fish preserved in a certain kind of pickle or brine.Gās, n. p. 560An aëriform fluid;—a term used at first by chemists as synonymous with air, but since restricted to fluids supposed to be permanently elastic, as oxygen, hydrogen, &c., in distinction from vapors, as…Gās'a-liër', n. p. 560A chandelier arranged to burn gas.Gās'-bûrn'er, n. p. 560That part of a gas-fixture where the gas is burned as it escapes from one or more minute orifices.Gās'coines, n. pl. p. 560See GASKINS. Lilly.Gās'con, n. p. 560(Geog.) A native or inhabitant of Gascony, in France.Gās'con-āde', n. p. 560A boast or boasting; a vaunt; a bravado; a bragging.Gās'con-ăde', v. i. p. 560To boast; to brag; to vaunt; to bluster.Gās'con-ăd'er, n. p. 560A great boaster; a blusterer.Gās'coignes, n. pl. p. 560See GASKINS. Beau. & Fl.Gās-ē'i-ty, n. p. 560State of being gaseous. [R.] Eng. Cyc.Gāş'e-oûs, a. p. 560In the form of gas, or an aëriform fluid. 2. Lacking substance or solidity; tenuous. “Unconnected, gaseous information.” Sir J. Stephens.Gās'-fit'ter, n. p. 560One who puts up gas fixtures.Găs'-fĭt'ting, n. p. 560The occupation of a gas fitter.Gās'-fix'tūre, n. p. 560One of the ornamental fittings or appendages at the extremity of the pipes which conduct gas from the meter to the different apartments of a building; a bracket or chandelier for gas, including a…Gās'-gŏv'ern-or, n. p. 560An apparatus for equalizing the flow of gas, or the pressure under which it escapes when burning.Gāsh, v. t. p. 560To make a gash, or long, deep incision in;—applied chiefly to incisions in flesh. “Grievously gashed or gored to death.” Hayward.Gāsh, n. p. 560A deep and long cut; an incision of considerable length, particularly in flesh. “A perilous gash.” Shak.Gāsh'ful, a. p. 560Full of gashes; hence, hideous; frightful. “A gashful, horrid, ugly shape.” Gayton.Gās'-hōld'er, n. p. 560A vessel for containing and preserving gas; a gasometer.Gās'i-fi-cā'tion, n. p. 560The act or process of converting into gas.Gās'-i-fy, v. t. p. 560To convert into gas, or an aëriform fluid, as by the application of heat, or by chemical processes.Găs'/ket, n. p. 560(Naut.) A flat, plaited cord fastened to the sail-yard of a ship, and used to furl the sail, or tie it to the yard when furled. Totten. 2. (Mech.) (a.) The platted hemp used for packing a piston, as…Gā's'kins, n. pl. p. 560Galligaskins; wide, open hose. [Written also gascoines and gascoynes. See GALLIGASKINS.] Shak.Gās'-light, n. p. 560Light produced by the combustion of carbureted hydrogen gas.Gās'-māin, n. p. 560One of the principal pipes for conveying gas from the works, and to which the service pipes are attached.Găs'-mē'ter, n. p. 560An instrument for measuring the quantity or number of cubic feet of gas consumed in a given time, at a particular place.Gas-ŏm'e-ter, n. p. 560An apparatus for measuring or holding gas; a gas-holder or reservoir; usually a cylinder closed at one end and having the other end immersed in water, in which it is made to rise or fall, according…Gās'/o-mē't/rie, a. p. 560Of, or pertaining to, the measurement of gases; as, gasometric analysis.Ga-sŏm'e-try, n. p. 560The art or practice of measuring gases, and also the science which treats of the nature and properties of these elastic fluids. Coxe.Găs'o-scope, n. p. 560An apparatus employed for the detection of bi-carbureted hydrogen gas in any place.Găsp, v. i. p. 560To open the mouth wide in catching the breath, or in laborious respiration; to labor for breath; to respire convulsively; to pant violently. She gasps and struggles hard for life. Lloyd. 2. To pant…Găsp, v. t. p. 560To emit with gaspings; — with forth, out, away, &c. And with short sobs he gasps away his breath. Dryden.Găsp, n. p. 560The act of opening the mouth to catch the breath; a laboured respiration; a painful catching of the breath. At the last gasp, at the point of death; in great extremity. Addison.Găs'-rēg'ū-lā'tor, n. p. 560The same as GAS-GOVERNOR, q. v.Găs'-re-tōrt', n. p. 560A form of retort used to contain the coal and other materials used in the manufacture of gas.Găs'sing, n. p. 560(Manuf.) A process of singeing off the hairy filaments from cotton goods by passing the material between two rollers and exposing it to the action of numerous minute jets of gas. Simmons.Găs'sy, a. p. 560Full of gas; hence, inflated; exhilarated; full of ambitious or deceitful talk. [Colloq.]Gást, v. t. p. 560Gást'er p. 560To make aghast; to frighten; to terrify. See AGHAST. [Obs.] Shak.