<i>Wolcott.</i>
<p><b>2.</b> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>Impurities separated from spices, drugs, etc.; -- also called <altname>garblings</altname>.</def>
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<hw>Gar"bler</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who garbles.</def>
<h1>Garboard</h1> <Xpage=612>
<hw>Gar"board</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>One of the planks next the keel on the outside, which form a garboard strake.</def>
<cs><mcol><col>Garboard strake</col> ∨ <col>streak</col></mcol>, <cd>the first range or strake of planks laid on a ship's bottom next the keel.</cd>
<i>Totten.</i></cs>
<h1>Garboil</h1> <Xpage=612>
<hw>Gar"boil</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>garbouil</ets>; cf. Sp. <ets>garbullo</ets>, It. <ets>garbuglio</ets>; of uncertain origin; the last part is perh. fr. L. <ets>bullire</ets> to boil, E. <ets>boil</ets>.]</ety> <def>Tumult; disturbance; disorder.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<i>Shak.</i>
<h1>Garcinia</h1> <Xpage=612>
<hw>Gar*cin"i*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of plants, including the mangosteen tree (<spn>Garcinia Mangostana</spn>), found in the islands of the Indian Archipelago; -- so called in honor of Dr. <ets>Garcin</ets>.</def>
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<hw>Gard</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Garde</er>, <er>Yard</er>]</ety> <def>Garden.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "Trees of the <i>gard</i>."
<i>F. Beaumont.</i>
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<hw>Gard</hw>, <tt>v. & n.</tt> <def>See <er>Guard</er>.</def>
<h1>Gardant</h1> <Xpage=612>
<hw>Gar"dant</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[F. See <er>Guardant</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>Turning the head towards the spectator, but not the body; -- said of a lion or other beast.</def>
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<hw>Gar"den</hw> <tt>(?; 277)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>gardin</ets>, OF. <ets>gardin</ets>, <ets>jardin</ets>, F. <ets>jardin</ets>, of German origin; cf. OHG. <ets>garto</ets>, G. <ets>garten</ets>; akin to AS. <ets>geard</ets>. See <er>Yard</er> an inclosure.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A piece of ground appropriates to the cultivation of herbs, fruits, flowers, or vegetables.</def>
<p><b>2.</b> <def>A rich, well-cultivated spot or tract of country.</def>
<blockquote>I am arrived from fruitful Lombardy, The pleasant <b>garden</b> of great Italy. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>
<note>&hand; <i>Garden</i> is often used adjectively or in self-explaining compounds; as, <i>garden</i> flowers, <i>garden</i> tools, <i>garden</i> walk, <i>garden</i> wall, <i>garden</i> house or <i>garden</i>house.</note>
<cs><col>Garden balsam</col>, <cd>an ornamental plant (<spn>Impatiens Balsamina</spn>).</cd> -- <col>Garden engine</col>, <cd>a wheelbarrow tank and pump for watering gardens.</cd> -- <col>Garden glass</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>A bell glass for covering plants.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>A globe of dark-colored glass, mounted on a pedestal, to reflect surrounding objects; -- much used as an ornament in gardens in Germany.</cd> -- <col>Garden house</col> <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>A summer house.</cd> <i>Beau & Fl</i>. <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>A privy.</cd> <mark>[Southern U.S.]</mark> -- <col>Garden husbandry</col></mcol>, <cd>the raising on a small scale of seeds, fruits, vegetables, etc., for sale.</cd> -- <mcol><col>Garden</col> <col>mold ∨ mould</col></mcol>, <cd>rich, mellow earth which is fit for a garden. <i>Mortimer</i>.</cd> -- <col>Garden nail</col>, <cd>a cast nail used, for fastening vines to brick walls. <i>Knight</i>.</cd> -- <col>Garden net</col>, <cd>a net for covering fruits trees, vines, etc., to protect them from birds.</cd> -- <col>Garden party</col>, <cd>a social party held out of doors, within the grounds or garden attached to a private residence.</cd> -- <col>Garden plot</col>, <cd>a plot appropriated to a garden.</cd> <col>Garden pot</col>, <cd>a watering pot.</cd> -- <col>Garden pump</col>, <cd>a garden engine; a barrow pump.</cd> -- <col>Garden shears</col>, <cd>large shears, for clipping trees and hedges, pruning, etc.</cd> -- <col>Garden spider</col>, <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>the diadem spider (<spn>Epeira diadema</spn>), common in gardens, both in Europe and America. It spins a geometrical web. See <cref>Geometric spider</cref>, and <cref>Spider web</cref>.</cd> -- <col>Garden stand</col>, <cd>a stand for flower pots.</cd> -- <col>Garden stuff</col>, <cd>vegetables raised in a garden.</cd> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark> -- <col>Garden syringe</col></mcol>, <cd>a syringe for watering plants, sprinkling them with solutions for destroying insects, etc.</cd> -- <col>Garden truck</col>, <cd>vegetables raised for the market.</cd> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark> -- <col>Garden ware</col>, <cd>garden truck. <mark>[Obs.]</mark></cd> <i>Mortimer.</i> -- <mcol><col>Bear garden</col>, <col>Botanic garden</col></mcol>, <cd>etc. See under <er>Bear</er>, etc.</cd> -- <col>Hanging garden</col>. <cd>See under <er>Hanging</er>.</cd> -- <col>Kitchen garden</col>, <cd>a garden where vegetables are cultivated for household use.</cd> -- <col>Market garden</col>, <cd>a piece of ground where vegetable are cultivated to be sold in the markets for table use.</cd></cs>
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<hw>Gar"den</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Gardened</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Gardening</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To lay out or cultivate a garden; to labor in a garden; to practice horticulture.</def>
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