garget 
!/<iri:nrr, gargarize: see yitr<j(tri:c.~\ If. The 
throat. 
Ami ilaun Russel the fox sterte up at oones 
Anil by the garget hente Chauntecleer. 
Chaucer, Nun's Priest's Tale, 1. 515. 
2. A swelling in the throat; specifically, a dis- 
temper in cattle, consisting in a swelling of the 
throat and the neighboring parts. 
The drunkard is without a head, the swearer hath a gar- 
get in his throat. Rev. T. Adams, Works, I. 123. 
3. A hard, knotty condition of the udder in 
cows, which sometimes follows calving, due to 
the sudden distention of the bag with milk, the 
inflammation which ensues causing a congealed 
or congested condition of the milk, which, if 
neglected, brings suppuration and abscesses. 
4. A distemper in hogs. See extracts un- 
der gargle' 1 '. 5. An American name for Phyto- 
lacca deeandra, commonly known as ])oke or 
pokeweed, which has emetic and cathartic prop- 
erties, and has been employed in medicine. 
To run of (or on) a gargett, to be or become puffed up 
with pride or vanity. 
The proud man is bitten of the mad dog, the flatterer, 
and so runs on a garget. Rev. T. Adams, Works, I. 486. 
gargil (gar'gil), n. [The same as gargle"*, gargol, 
both variations of garget in a similar sense.] 
A distemper in geese, which affects the head 
and often proves fatal. 
gargle 1 (gar'gl), v. t. ; pret. and pp. gargled, ppr. 
gargling. [< OF. gargouiller, gargle, or gar- 
garize, < gargouille, the throat, windpipe, gul- 
let, the mouth of a spout, a gutter, a gargoyle : 
see gargoyle. There seems to have been some 
confusion with gargarize, q. v. The G. gurgelu, 
gargle ( < gurgel, the throat, < OHG. gurgula, < L. 
gurgulio(n-), the throat, gullet), and E. gurgle 
and guggle, though regarded, like gargle, as imi- 
tative, are from the same ult. source, namely, 
L. gurges, a whirlpool.] 1. To wash or rinse, 
as the mouth or throat, with a liquid prepara- 
tion, which is kept from descending into the 
stomach by a gentle expiration of air. 
Frogs commence to make a queer bubbling noise, as of 
gargling. Harper's Mag., LXXVII. 620. 
2. To warble. [Bare.] 
Let those which only warble long, 
And gargle in their throats a song, 
Content themselves with ut, re, me. 
Waller, To H. Leaves. 
gargle 1 (gar'gl), . [< gargle*, 0.] Any liquid 
preparation for rinsing the mouth and throat. 
gargle 2 (gar'gl), n. [Also formerly gargol; yar. 
of garget: see gargil.'] A distemper in swine ; 
garget. See second extract. 
The same [salve] is holden to be good for the heale of 
the squinancie or gargle in swine. 
Holland, tr. of Pliny, xxv. 5. 
The signs of the gargol in hogs are hanging down of the 
head, moist eyes, staggering, and loss of appetite. 
Mortimer, Husbandry. 
gargoilt (gar'goil), n. See gargoyle. 
gargolt, See gargle 2 . 
gargoyle (gar'goil), n. [An archaic spelling, re- 
tained in the books ; better gargoil, or, in more 
modern form, gargel, "gargle, < ME. gargyle, 
gargyll, gargoyle, gargulye, < OF. gargoille, gar- 
goulle, F. gargouille, the weasand, throat, also 
the mouth of a spout (in the form of a serpent, 
or some other antic shape, also a gutter on a 
roof), = Sp. gdrgola, a gargoyle; a modified 
form, equiv. to ML. gurgulio(n-), a gargoyle, < 
L. gurgulio(n-), the throat, gullet, a redupl. 
form, akin to gurges, a whirlpool (> E. gorge, 
the throat), and to gnla, the gullet (> E. gullet). 
See gargle^, gargle^, garget, gorge, gullet.] A 
spout projecting from the gutter of a building, 
or connected 
with it by an 
opening, for 
the purpose 
of carrying 
off the water 
clear from 
the wall. Gar- 
goyles are some- 
times plain, but 
in medieval 
buildings, espe- 
cially from the 
thirteenth to the 
sixteenth cen- 
tury, they are 
commonly fanciful or grotesque images of the anterior 
parts or entire figures of men or animals, the water usually 
issuing from the open mouth. Also written gurgoylc. 
And every house covered was with lead, 
And many gargoyle, and many hideous heads . . . 
From the stone worke to the kenel rauht. 
Lydgate, Troy (ed. Ellis). 
Gargoyle, nth century. Sainte Chanelle, 
I'aris. ( From Viollet-le-Duc's " Diet, d 
chitecture." ) 
2457 
In the fyrste worke were garrji/Ues of golde flersely faced 
with spoutcs runnyng. Hall, Hen. VIII., an. 9. 
Oargels of mens figure, telamones, atlantes, gargels of 
wornena figure, c.iriatides vel statuse mulieres. 
Withals, Diet. (ed. 1608), p. 163. 
gargylet, >< An old spelling of gargoyle. 
garibaldi (gar-i-bal'di ; It. pron. ga-re-bal'de), 
n. [< (lurilxildi, a famous Italian soldier. See 
def. and Garibaldian.] 1. A loose shirt-waist 
worn by women and children in place of the or- 
dinary body of a dress. It became the mode after 
the campaigns of Garibaldi, as an imitation of the red 
shirts worn by his followers. 
2. A Californian pomacentrid fish, Hypmjpops 
rubicundus, about a foot long : so called, on ac- 
count of its red or orange color, by the Italian 
fishermen in California. Also called goldfish and 
red-perch. 
Garibaldian (gar-i-bal'di-an), a. and n. I. a. 
Of, pertaining to, or supporting Giuseppe Gari- 
baldi (1807-82), an Italian general and patriot 
noted for his endeavors to bring about the uni- 
ty of Italy by revolutionary means. 
The harassing debates with the Garibaldian party as to 
the cession of Savoy and Nice. Encyc. Brit., V. 276. 
The Garibaldian soldier sought peace in the cloister. 
Set. Amer. Supp., p. 8851. 
II. n. A follower or supporter of Garibaldi, 
whether political or military. 
The French and papal troops defeated the Garibaldians 
at Montana (November 3, 1867). Encyc. Brit., IX. 626. 
garing (gar'ing), n. [Local E., also gare^ = E. 
yore%, n. (6).] A furrow or row in that part 
of an irregularly shaped field or garden which 
forms a gare or gore. Also spelled gareing. 
When a garden is of irregular shape the short rows of 
plants which happen to be on one of the sides are called 
gareing*. & and Q., 6th ser., XII. 146. 
garish, gairish (gar'ish), a. [Appar. < garej- + 
-isA 1 .] 1. Glaring; staring; showy; dazzling; 
hence, glaringly or vulgarly gaudy. 
He will make the face of heaven so fine 
That all the world will be in love with night, 
And pay no worship to the garish sun. 
SAat., B. and J., iii. 2. 
Thy soldiers marched like players, 
With garish robes, not armour. 
Marlowe, Edward II., ii. 2. 
But thou canst maske in garish gauderie, 
To suit a foole's farfetched liverie. 
Bp. Hall, Satires, iii. 1. 
When, as the garish day is done, 
Heaven burns with the descended sun. 
Bryant, The New Moon. 
2. Extravagantly gay; flighty. 
It makes the mind loose and garish. 
South, Sermons, II. 382. 
= Svn. 1. Flaunting, flashy, tawdry, 
garishly, gairishly (gar'ish-li), adv. In a gar- 
ish, showy, or dazzling manner; gaudily; flight- 
ily; unsteadily. 
Starting up and garishly staring about, especially in the 
face of Eliosto. Hinde, Eliosto Libidinoso, 1606. 
garishness, gairishness (gar'ish-nes), n. l. 
The state or quality of being garish; gaudi- 
ness; finery; affected or ostentatious show; 
flightiness of temper ; want of steadiness. 
We are more dispersed in our spirits, and by a prosper- 
ous accident are melted into joy and garishness, and drawn 
off from the sobriety of recollection. 
Jer. Taylor, Works, II. xii. 
There are woes 
Ill-bartered for the garishness of joy. Coleridge. 
garisount, [ME. garisoun, garysoun, gary- 
son, wariftun, wareson; < OF. garison, guarison, 
warison, F. guerison, recovery, cure (= Pr. gue- 
rizo = OCat. guarison = It. guarigione), < garir, 
F. gutrir, cure: see warison, warish.] 1. Heal- 
ing; recovery of health: same as warison. 
I can not seen how thou maist go 
Other weyes to garisoun. 
Rom. of the Rose, 1. 3249. 
2. Anything furnished or given as treasure, re- 
ward, or payment. 
Men mijt haue seie to menstrales moche god gif, 
Sterne stedes & stef & ful stoute robes, 
Gret garisun of gold & greithli gode iuweles. 
William of Palerne (E. E. T. S.), 1. 5073. 
garland (gar'land), n. [Early mod. E. also ger- 
land, gyrland, guirland, etc. ; < ME. garland, gar- 
land, garlaunde, gerland, gerlond, gyrland, < OF. 
garlande, gerlaunde = Pr. garlanda, guarlanda 
= Sp. guirnalda = Pg. grinalda, guirianda = It. 
ghirlada(>F. guirlande, > D. G. Dan. guirlande 
= Sw. guirland), ML. garlanda, a garland. Ori- 
gin unknown, but prob. Teut.: perhaps < MHG. 
"wierelen, a supposed freq. of wieren, adorn, < 
OHG. wiara, MHG. viere, an ornament of refined 
gold, prop, of twisted thread or wire, = AS. wir, 
garland-flower 
E. wire: see wire.] If. A royal crown; a dia- 
dem; any crown, as, figuratively, of martyr- 
dom. 
In whose [Edward IV. 's] time, and by whose occasion, 
what about the getting of the garland, keeping it, losing 
and winning again, it hath cost more English blood than 
hath twice the winning of France. 
Sir T. Hare, Hist. Rich. III., p. 107. 
In their persecution, which purifl'd them, and neer their 
death, which was their garland, they plainly dislik'd ami 
condemn'a the Ceremonies, and threw away those Episco- 
pall ornaments wherein they were instal'd. 
Milton, Reformation in Eng., ii. 
2. A wreath; a string of flowers or leaves, in- 
tended to be festooned or hung round a person 
or an object for ornament in token of festivity, 
or to be worn as a wreath or chaplet on the head : 
in the latter case, often conferred in former 
times as a mark of admiration or honor, espe- 
cially for poetic or artistic excellence. 
"Tolle, tolle, " quath another, and toke of kene thornes, 
And by-gan of a grene thorne a garlaunde to make. 
Piers Plowman (C), xxl. 48. 
A poet soaring In the high region of his fancies, with his 
garland and singing robes about him. 
Milton, Church-Government, ii. 
Their cloaks were cloth of silver mix'd with gold, 
And garlands green around their temples roll'd. 
Dryden, Flower and Leaf, 1. 243. 
Hence 3. A stringer series of literary gems ; 
a collection of choice short pieces in poetry or 
prose; an anthology. 
What I now offer to Your Lordship is a Collection of 
Poetry, a kind of Garland of Good Will. 
Prior, Poems, Ded. 
These [ballads] came forth in such abundance that in 
the reign of James I. they began to be collected into little 
miscellanies, under the name of garlands, and at length 
to be written purposely for such collections. 
Percy, On Ancient Minstrels. 
4. Figuratively, the top ; the principal thing, 
or thing most prized. 
Call him noble that was now your hate, 
Him vile that was your garland. Shak., COT., i. 1. 
Marian, and the gentle Robin Hood, 
Who are the crown and ghirland of the wood. 
B. Jonson, Sad Shepherd, iii. 2. 
5. In her., same as chaplet 1 , 3. 6. A sort of 
bag of network, having the mouth extended by 
a hoop, used by sailors instead of a locker or 
cupboard to hold provisions. 7. In mining, 
a wooden or cast-iron curb set in the walling 
of a shaft, to catch and carry away any water 
coming down its sides. 
8. Naut., a name given to 
a band, collar, or grommet 
of ropes, used for various 
purposes, (a) A large rope 
strap or grommet lashed to a 
spar when hoisting it on board. 
(6) A collar of ropes wound 
round the head of a mast to keep 
the shrouds from chafing, (c) 
A large rope grommet for retain- 
ing shot in its proper place on 
deck. The name is also given 
to a band of iron or stone used 
in land-batteries for a like 
purpose, (d) A wreath made 
of three small hoops covered 
with silk and ribbons, and 
hoisted on the maintopgallant- 
stay of a ship on the day of the 
captain's wedding; but on a 
seaman's wedding, at the head 
of the mast near which he is 
stationed. Smyth. 
At the mainmast head of the 
Alexandra was displayed, in ad- 
dition to the Royal Standard, 
the garland consecrated to weddings by naval custom. 
Quoted in S. and Q., 7th ser., V. 284. 
Civic garland. See civic. Shot garland, a name for- 
merly given to a piece of timber with cavities in it to hold 
shot, nailed horizontally on the side of the ship between 
the guns, or around the coamings of the hatches. 
garland (gar'land), v. t. [< garland, n.] 1. To 
deck with a garland or garlands. 
He was gyrlanded with alga, or sea-grass. 
'.'. Jonson, Masque of Blackness. 
Overhead the wandering ivy and vine . . . 
Ran riot, garlanding the gnarled boughs. 
Tennyson, (Enone. 
2. To make into a wreath or garland. [Bare.] 
And other garlande hem [squills], and so depende [hang], 
Into the wyne so thai go not to depe. 
Palladius, Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 168. 
garlandage (gar'lan-daj), n. [< garland + 
-age.] Garlands; a decoration of garlands. 
[Bare.] 
Gayest garlandage of flowers. 
Tennyson, Balin and Balan. 
garland-flower (gar'land-flou'er), n. (a) A 
common name for species of Hedychiuni, zingi- 
beraceous plants of tropical Asia with delicate- 
ly colored and very fragrant flowers, (b) The 
Garland (def. Bla)1 lashed 
on a lower roast. 
