Part 4711

<p><b>3.</b> <def>The top; the thing most prized.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A book of extracts in prose or poetry; an anthology.</def>

<blockquote>They [ballads] began to be collected into little miscellanies under the name of <b>garlands</b>. <i>Percy.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A sort of netted bag used by sailors to keep provision in.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A grommet or ring of rope lashed to a spar for convenience in handling.</def>

<h1>Garland</h1> <Xpage=613>

<hw>Gar"land</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Garlanded</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Garlanding</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To deck with a garland.</def>

<i>B. Jonson.</i>

<h1>Garlandless</h1> <Xpage=613>

<hw>Gar"land*less</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Destitute of a garland.</def>

<i>Shelley.</i>

<h1>Garlic</h1> <Xpage=613>

<hw>Gar"lic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>garlek</ets>, AS. <ets>g\'berle\'a0c</ets>; <ets>gar</ets> spear, lance + <ets>le\'a0c</ets> leek. See <er>Gar</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, and <er>Leek</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A plant of the genus <spn>Allium</spn> (<spn>A. sativum</spn> 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 <i>cloves of garlic</i>, inclosed in a common membranous coat, and easily separable.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A kind of jig or farce.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Taylor (1630).</i>

<cs><col>Garlic mustard</col>, <cd>a European plant of the Mustard family (<spn>Alliaria officinalis</spn>) which has a strong smell of garlic.</cd> -- <col>Garlic pear tree</col>, <cd>a tree in Jamaica (<spn>Crat\'91va gynandra</spn>), bearing a fruit which has a strong scent of garlic, and a burning taste.</cd></cs>

<h1>Garlicky</h1> <Xpage=613>

<hw>Gar"lick*y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Like or containing garlic.</def>

<h1>Garment</h1> <Xpage=613>

<hw>Gar"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>garnement</ets>, OF. <ets>garnement</ets>, <ets>garniment</ets>, fr. <ets>garnir</ets> to garnish. See <er>Garnish</er>.]</ety> <def>Any article of clothing, as a coat, a gown, etc.</def>

<blockquote>No man putteth a piece of new cloth unto old <b>garment</b>. <i>Matt. ix. 16.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Garmented</h1> <Xpage=613>

<hw>Gar"ment*ed</hw>, <tt>p. a.</tt> <def>Having on a garment; attired; enveloped, as with a garment.</def> <mark>[Poetic]</mark>

<blockquote>A lovely lady <b>garmented</b> in light From her own beauty. <i>Shelley.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Garmenture</h1> <Xpage=613>

<hw>Gar"men*ture</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Clothing; dress.</def>

<h1>Garner</h1> <Xpage=613>

<hw>Gar"ner</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>garner</ets>, <ets>gerner</ets>, <ets>greiner</ets>, OF. <ets>gernier</ets>, <ets>grenier</ets>, F. <ets>grenier</ets>, fr. L. <ets>granarium</ets>, fr. <ets>granum</ets>. See 1st <er>Grain</er>, and cf. <er>Granary</er>.]</ety> <def>A granary; a building or place where grain is stored for preservation.</def>