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  • English Word Garret Definition That part of a house which is on the upper floor, immediately under or within the roof; an attic.
  • English Word Garreted Definition Protected by turrets.
  • English Word Garreteer Definition One who lives in a garret; a poor author; a literary hack.
  • English Word Garreting Definition Small splinters of stone inserted into the joints of coarse masonry.
  • English Word Garrison Definition A body of troops stationed in a fort or fortified town.
  • English Word Garrison Definition A fortified place, in which troops are quartered for its security.
  • English Word Garrison Definition To place troops in, as a fortification, for its defense; to furnish with soldiers; as, to garrison a fort or town.
  • English Word Garrison Definition To secure or defend by fortresses manned with troops; as, to garrison a conquered territory.
  • English Word Garrisoned Definition of Garrison
  • English Word Garrisoning Definition of Garrison
  • English Word Garron Definition Same as Garran.
  • English Word Garrot Definition A stick or small wooden cylinder used for tightening a bandage, in order to compress the arteries of a limb.
  • English Word Garrot Definition The European golden-eye.
  • English Word Garrote Definition A Spanish mode of execution by strangulation, with an iron collar affixed to a post and tightened by a screw until life become extinct; also, the instrument by means of which the punishment is inflicted.
  • English Word Garrote Definition To strangle with the garrote; hence, to seize by the throat, from behind, with a view to strangle and rob.
  • English Word Garroted Definition of Garrote
  • English Word Garroter Definition One who seizes a person by the throat from behind, with a view to strangle and rob him.
  • English Word Garroting Definition of Garrote
  • English Word Garrulity Definition Talkativeness; loquacity.
  • English Word Garrulous Definition Talking much, especially about commonplace or trivial things; talkative; loquacious.
  • English Word Garrulous Definition Having a loud, harsh note; noisy; -- said of birds; as, the garrulous roller.
  • English Word Garrupa Definition One of several species of California market fishes, of the genus Sebastichthys; -- called also rockfish. See Rockfish.
  • English Word Garter Definition A band used to prevent a stocking from slipping down on the leg.
  • English Word Garter Definition The distinguishing badge of the highest order of knighthood in Great Britain, called the Order of the Garter, instituted by Edward III.; also, the Order itself.
  • English Word Garter Definition Same as Bendlet.
  • English Word Garter Definition To bind with a garter.
  • English Word Garter Definition To invest with the Order of the Garter.
  • English Word Gartered Definition of Garter
  • English Word Gartering Definition of Garter
  • English Word Garth Definition A close; a yard; a croft; a garden; as, a cloister garth.