garganett

A variant of carcanet. Thee Pearle and gould crowns too bring with garganet heauye. Stan i hurst, Æneid, i. 639. garganey (gär'ga-ni), n. [A book-name, intro duced by Will ugh by from Gesner; It. dial. gar ganello; origin obscure.] A kind of teal, the summer teal, Anas querquedula or Querquedula circia, inhabiting the temperate and southern portions of the pale arctic region, a summer visitor to Great Britain, and common in India in It is about 16 inches long, and weighs from 14 winter. to 15 ounces. Over the eye is a broad white line running down the neck, and the breast is marked with black or dark crescentic lines. Also called pied widgeon. Gargantuan (gär-gan tū-an), a. [From Gar gantua, the hero of Rabelais's satire, a giant of inconceivable size, who could drink a river dry. The name is doubtle from Sp. garganta, gullet, though otherwise humorously accounted for by Rabelais.] Pertaining to or characteristic of Gargantua (see etymology); hence, great beyond credibility; enormous; prodigious; Brobdingnagian. It sounded like a Gargantuan order for a dram. The Standard (London). gargarise, v. t. See gargarize. gargarism (gär'ga-rizm), n. [ They were sent home again with such a scholastical burre in their throats as hath stopt and hinderd all true and generous philosophy from entring, crackt their voices for ever with metaphysical gargarisms . Milton , Church-Government, II., Con. gargarize (gär'ga-rīz), v. t.; pret. and pp. gar garized, ppr. gargarizing. [OF. gargarizer, F. gargariser, Vinegar put to the nosthrils, or gargarised , doth it also [help somewhat to ease the hiccough]; for that it is astringent, and inhibit eth the motion of the spirits. Bacon , Nat. Hist., § 686. Also spelled gargarise . garget (gär'get), n. [ gargat , garget , gargate = It. gargatta , gargozza , gorgozza , the throat, gullet, dim. of gorga = OF. gorge , the throat: see gorge . The change of vowel from o to a was prob. due to confusion with L. gar garizare, gargarize: see gargarize .] 1. The throat. And daun Ru el the fox sterte up at oones And by the garget hente Chauntecleer. In the fyrste worke were gargylles of golde fiersely faced with spoutes runnyng. Hall , Hen. VIII., an. 9. Gargels of mens figure, telamones, atlantes, gargels of womens figure, car i a tides vel statuæ mulieres. Withals, Dict. (ed. 1608), p. 163. gargylet, n. An old spelling of gargoyle . garibaldi (gar-i-bal'di; It. pron. gä-re-bäl'dē), n . [ Garibaldi , a famous Italian soldier. See def. and Garibaldi an .] 1. A loose shirt-waist worn by women and children in place of the or- dinary body of a dre . It became the mode after the campaigns of Garibaldi, as an imitation of the red shirts worn by his followers. 2. A Californian pomacentrid fish, Hypsypops rubicund us , about a foot long: so called, on ac- count of its red or orange color, by the Italian fishermen in California. Also called goldfish and red-perch. Garibaldi an (gar-i-bal'di-an), a. and n. I. a. Of, pertaining to, or supporting Giuseppe Gari- bald i (1807-82), an Italian general and patriot noted for his endeavors to bring about the uni- ty of Italy by revolutionary means. The hara ing debates with the Garibaldi an party as to the ce ion of Savoy and Nice. Encyc. Brit ., V. 276. The Garibaldi an soldier sought peace in the cloister. Sci . Amer . Supp . , p. 8851. 2. A wreath; a string of flowers or leaves, in- tended to be festooned or hung round a person or an object for ornament in token of festivity, or to be worn as a wreath or chaplet on the head: in the latter case, often conferred in former times as a mark of admiration or honor, espe- cially for poetic or artistic excellence. "Tolle, tolle," quath another, and toke of kene thornes, And by-gan of a grene thorne a garlaunde to make. Piers Plowman (C), xxi. 48. A poet soaring in the high region of his fancies, with his garland and singing robes about him. Milton , Church-Government, ii. Their cloaks were cloth of silver mix'd with gold, And garlands green around their temples roll'd. Dryden, Flower and Leaf, 1. 243. whether political or military. II. n. A follower or supporter of Garibaldi, Hence-3. A string or series of literary gems; garing (gar'ing), n. [Local E., also garet = E. gore2, n. (b).] A furrow or row in that part of an irregularly shaped field or garden which forms a gare or gore. Also spelled gareing. When a garden is of irregular shape the short rows of plants which happen to be on one of the sides are called garglel (gär'gl), v . t .; pret. and pp. gargled , ppr. gargling. [OF. gargouiller , gargle, or gar- garize, gargouille , the throat, windpipe, gul- let, the mouth of a spout, a gutter, a gargoyle: see gargoyle . There seems to have been some confusion with gargarize , q. v. The G. gurgeln , gargle ( gurgel , the throat, gurgula , gurgulio ( n- ), the throat, gullet), and E. gurgle and guggle , though regarded, like gargle , as imi- N. and Q., 6th ser., XII. 146. tative, are from the same ult. source, namely, garish, gairish (gar'ish), a. [Appar. garel + L. gurges , a whirlpool.] 1. To wash or rinse, as the mouth or throat, with a liquid prepara- tion, which is kept from descending into the stomach by a gentle expiration of air. Let those which only warble long, And gargle in their throats a song, Content themselves with ut, re, me. gargoilt (gär'goil), n. gargolt, n. See gargle2 . gargoyle (gär'goil), n . [An archaic spelling, re- tained in the books; better gargoil , or, in more modern form, gargel -ish1 .] 1. Glaring; staring; showy; dazzling; hence, glaringly or vulgarly gaudy. He will make the face of heaven so fine That all the world will be in love with night, And pay no worship to the garish sun. Thy soldiers marched like players, With garish robes, not armour. What I now offer to Your Lordship is a Collection of Prior, Poems, Ded. 4. Figuratively, the top; the principal thing, or thing most prized. Call him noble that was now your hate, Him vile that was your garland , Shak ., Cor., i. 1. Marian, and the gentle Robin Hood, Who are the crown and ghirland of the wood. Marlowe , Edward II., ii. 2. But thou canst maske in garish gauderie, To suit a foole's far fetched liverie. IMG:content-2108.png:[blocks in formation] Starting up and garishly staring about, especially in the Hinde, Eliosto Libidinoso, 1606. ar'ish-nes), n. 1. garishne , gairishne (args); The state or quality of being garish; gaud i- ne ; finery; affected or ostentatious show; flightine of temper; want of steadine . We are more dispersed in our spirits, and by a prosper- ous accident are melted into joy and garishne , and drawn off from the sobriety of recollection. Jer. Taylor, Works, II. xii. There are woes garisount, n. [ME. garisoun, garysoun, gary- son, warisun, wares on ; garis on , guar is on , warison, F. guérison , recovery, cure (= Pr. gue- rizo = OCat. guarizon = It. guarigione ), garir , F. guérir , cure: see warison , warish.] 1. Heal- or connected ing; recovery of health: same as warison . with it by an opening, for I can not seen how thou maist go Other weyes to garisoun . the wall. Gar- goyles are some- times plain, but in medieval buildings, espe- Men mizt haue seie to menstrales moc he god gif, Sterne stedes & stef & ful stoute robes, commonly fanciful or grotesque images of the anterior parts or entire figures of men or animals, the water usually i uing from the open mouth. Also written gurgoyle . And every house covered was with lead, And many gargoyle , and many hideous heads From the stone worke to the kenel rauht. coming down its sides.- 8: Naut ., a name given to a band, collar, or grommet of ropes, used for various purposes. (a) A large rope strap or grommet lashed to a spar when hoisting it on board. (6) A collar of ropes wound the shrouds from chafing. (c) A large rope grommet for retain- ing shot in its proper place on deck. The name is also given to a band of iron or stone used in land-batteries for a like of three small hoops covered with silk and ribbons, and hoisted on the main topgallant- stay of a ship on the day of the captain's wedding; but on a seaman's wedding, at the head of the mast near which he is stationed. Smyth. At the mainmast head of the Alexandra was displayed, in ad- dition to the Royal Standard, the garland consecrated to weddings by naval custom. Quoted in N. and Q., 7th ser., V. 284. IMG:content-2109.png:[blocks in formation] 2. To make into a wreath or garland. [Rare.] And other garlande hem [squills], and so depende [hang], Into the wyne so thai go not to depe. Palladius , Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 168. garlandage (gär'lan-dāj), n. [ garland + -age.] Garlands; a decoration of garlands. [Rare.] Daphne Cneorum. Also applied to some other plants.