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A long, narrow window. E. H. Knight. garl (gär), n. [ the rivers from Illinois to Mexico and Cuba: so called from its size and general aspect, particularly the shape of the head. Also called manjuari. - Broad-nosed gar, Lepidosteus platys tom us, a garpike resembling the fol lowing and of similar range, with shorter snout, the head being more than one third of the total length of the fish. See on following page Londres. teus o eus, the common garpike or bill-fish, attaining a length of 5 feet, of which the head is about one third, found in North America from the great lakes to Carolina gar Broad-nosed Gar ( Lepidosteus platys tom us). and Mexico. Silver gar, a garfish, bill-fish, or needle. fish of the family Belonide, Tylosurus longirostris, abundant from Maine to Texas, about 4 feet long, of a greenish color with silvery lateral band. See cut under Belonida, 2454 2. Fashion or mode of dre , or the dre itself; dre ; costume, especially as befitting or peculiar to some particular position or station in life, or characteristic of a cla or period: as, dre ed in his official garb; in the garb of old Gaul. All his Attendants were in a very handsom garb of black Silk, all wearing those small black Boots and Caps. Dampier , Voyages, I. 419. Here am I, too, in the pious band, In the garb of a barefooted Carmelite dre ed! Long fellow , Golden Legend, v. garments, raiment, attire, habili- =Syn. 2. Apparel, ments, costume. garb i (gärb), v. t. [ clothe; array. These black dog-Dons Garb themselves bravely. Tennyson, Queen Mary, iii. 1. gar2 (gär), v . t .; pret. and pp. garred or gart , ppr. garring. [ garren , gerren , garen , another form (after Icel. göra = Sw. göra = Dan.gjore , make, cause, do) of ME. zarwen , zarewien, za- ren, yaren, gearwian , rarely gerwan , make ready, prepare, procure, = OS. garuwian , ger- wean , girwian = OHG. garawian , garwēn , gari- wen , prepare, MHG. garwen , gerwen , make ready, prepare, equip, clothe, dre leather, G. gerben (= Dan. garve = Sw. garfra ), dre lea simply, almost savagely, garbed . ther, tan, curry, = Icel. göra , etc., as above, gearu , gearo , E. yare , ready, = Icel. görr , ready: see garbl , gear , a. and v.] To cause; make; force; compel. [Old Eng. and Scotch.] = The greater number present are women; they are very Harper's Mag., LXXVII. 215. Hence-2. To pick out the fine or valuable parts of; cull out and select the best or most suitable parts or specimens of; sort out; select and a ort, rejecting the bad or least suitable: as, to garble spices; to garble coins. See garbling the coinage, below. [Now only in technical use.] I fell, with some remorse, upon garbling my library. Bruce, Source of the Nile, I. 46. He [Dr. Gwinne] with seven others were appointed commi ioners [in 1620] for garbling tobacco. Ward, Hist. Gresham College, p. 264. Silver coin is considered to be sufficiently worn to justify its withdrawal from circulation when the impre ions are indistinct, and the coin is carefully garbled or a orted by the banks collecting it, before it is sent back for recoinage. Rep . of Sec . of Treasury , 1886, p. 330. 3. To sort out parts of for a purpose, especially a sinister purpose; mutilate so as to give a false impre ion; sophisticate; corrupt: as, a garbled account of an affair; a garbled text or and yare, Gregorie the grete clerk gart write in bokes The ruele of alle religious ryghtful and obedient. garb2, garbe (gärb), n. F. gerbe Pr. Sp. garb a , garb a , MHG. G. garbe = OS. garbha = D. garf , garve , a sheaf, prop. a handful; perhaps ult. akin to Skt. ✓ garbh , seize.) A sheaf or bundle, as of grain or arrows: obsolete except in certain specific Piers Plowman (C), vi. 147. applications. In heraldry, a garb is a sheaf of any kind Telle me men, emang vs thre, Whatt garres yow stare thus sturdely? York Plays , p. 120. IMG:content-2094.png:[blocks in formation] garanceux (ga-r madder.] A product obtained by treating the waste madder of the dye-houses, which still contains a certain quantity of alizarin and other coloring matters, with sulphuric acid, to remove lime, magnesia, etc. It is adapted for dyeing red and black, black, but does not afford a good purple.