gare2 (gar)

[Origin obscure.] Coarse wool growing on the legs of sheep. Blount. [Prov. Eng.] - Cote gare, a kind of refuse wool so matted together that it cannot be pulled asunder. Also written cotgare. -ship.] Horticulture. Lord Shaftesbury . garden-snail (gär'dn-snāl), n. The common name of Helix aspers a or hortensis , a European species of snail with a white lip and a number of reddish lines. garden-spider (gär'dn-spī"dėr), n . The com- mon name of Epeira diadem a of Europe, from its gare (gar), n . An obsolete or dialectal form being found in great numbers in gardens, especially in autumn, where it stretches its beautiful geometric webs perpendicularly from branch to branch, remaining in the center with its head downward waiting for its prey. The web of this spider is composed of two different kinds of threads: the radiating and supporting threads are strong and of simple der. texture; the fine spiral thread which divides the web into a series of steps, decreasing in breadth toward the center, is studded with a vast number of little globules, which give to the web its peculiar adhesivene . The dorsal sur yellow cro , whence the name cro - spider. It is also face of the abdomen of this spider is marked with a triple sometimes called diadem - spider. See cut under cro -spigarden-squirt (gär'dn-skwert), n. A squirt or large syringe for watering flowers. garden-stand (gär'dn-stand), n. A stand or frame on which flower-pots are placed. garden-stuff (gär'dn-stuf), n. Plants growing in a garden; vegetables for the table. garden-sweep (gär'dn-swēp), n. A curving carriage-drive through a garden. garde-nuque (gärd'nük'), n. [F., couvre- nuque.