Part 4714

<h1>Garran</h1> <Xpage=613>

<hw>Gar"ran</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gael. <ets>garr\'a0n</ets>, <ets>gearr\'a0n</ets>, gelding, work horse, hack.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>See <er>Galloway</er>.</def> <altsp>[Scot. <asp>garron</asp> or <asp>gerron</asp>. <i>Jamieson</i>.]</altsp>

<h1>Garret</h1> <Xpage=613>

<hw>Gar"ret</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>garite</ets>, <ets>garette</ets>, watchtower, place of lookout, OF. <ets>garite</ets>, also meaning, a place of refuge, F. <ets>gu\'82rite</ets> a place of refuge, donjon, sentinel box, fr. OF. <ets>garir</ets> to preserve, save, defend, F. <ets>gu\'82rir</ets> to cure; of German origin; cf. OHG. <ets>werian</ets> to protect, defend, hinder, G. <ets>wehren</ets>, akin to Goth. <ets>warjan</ets> to hinder, and akin to E. <ets>weir</ets>, or perhaps to <ets>wary</ets>. See <er>Weir</er>, and cf. <er>Guerite</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A turret; a watchtower.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>He saw men go up and down on the <b>garrets</b> of the gates and walls. <i>Ld. Berners.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That part of a house which is on the upper floor, immediately under or within the roof; an attic.</def>

<blockquote>The tottering <b>garrets</b> which overhung the streets of Rome. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Garreted</h1> <Xpage=613>

<hw>Gar"ret*ed</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Protected by turrets.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>R. Carew.</i>

<h1>Garreteer</h1> <Xpage=613>

<hw>Gar`ret*eer"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who lives in a garret; a poor author; a literary hack.</def>

<i>Macaulay.</i>

<h1>Garreting</h1> <Xpage=613>

<hw>Gar"ret*ing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Small splinters of stone inserted into the joints of coarse masonry.</def>

<i>Weale.</i>

<h1>Garrison</h1> <Xpage=613>

<hw>Gar"ri*son</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>garnisoun</ets>, F. <ets>garnison</ets> garrison, in OF. & OE. also, provision, munitions, from <ets>garnir</ets> to garnish. See <er>Garnish</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A body of troops stationed in a fort or fortified town.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A fortified place, in which troops are quartered for its security.</def>

<cs><col>In garrison</col>, <cd>in the condition of a garrison; doing duty in a fort or as one of a garrison.</cd></cs>

<h1>Garrison</h1> <Xpage=613>

<hw>Gar"ri*son</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Garrisoned</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Garrisoning</er>.]</wordforms> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>To place troops in, as a fortification, for its defense; to furnish with soldiers; <as>as, to <ex>garrison</ex> a fort or town</as>.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>To secure or defend by fortresses manned with troops; <as>as, to <ex>garrison</ex> a conquered territory</as>.</def>

<h1>Garron</h1> <Xpage=613>

<hw>Gar"ron</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Garran</er>.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark>

<h1>Garrot</h1> <Xpage=613>

<hw>Gar"rot</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. Cf. <er>Garrote</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Surg.)</fld> <def>A stick or small wooden cylinder used for tightening a bandage, in order to compress the arteries of a limb.</def>

<h1>Garrot</h1> <Xpage=613>

<hw>Gar"rot</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The European golden-eye.</def>

<h1>Garrote</h1> <Xpage=613>