garret master (garetmaster)

[ ture-dealers. [Eng.] These garret - masters are a cla of small "trade-working masters" (the same as the "chamber-masters" in the shoe trade), supplying both capital and labour. Mayhew, London Labour and the London Poor, III. 233. garrison (gar'i-sn or -son), n. [An alteration of garnison, We conseile that in thin hous thou sette suffisaunt gar fende. nisoun, so that they may as wel thy body as thin hous de Chaucer , Tale of Melibeus. Of this Town [Harfleur] he made the Duke of Exeter Captain, who left there for his Lieutenant Sir John Falstaffe, with a Garrison of 1500 Men. Baker, Chronicles, p. 170. To the States of Greece The Roman People, unconfin'd, restore Their countries, cities, liberties, and laws; Taxes remit, and garrisons withdraw. Thomson, Liberty, iii. 2. A fort, castle, or fortified town furnished with troops to defend it. Whom the old Roman wall so ill conf in'd, With a new chain of garrisons you bind. Waller . A few garrisons at the necks of land, and a fleet to connect them, and to awe the coast. Burke, Abridg. of Eng. Hist., i. 4. Garrison court martial. See court martial , under court . Garrison flag. See flag2 . Garrison gin, the largest gin used in the artillery for mechanical manœuvers. See gin4. garrison (gar'i-sn or -son), v. t. [ garrison a fort or town. The moment in which war begins,... the army must be augmented, the fleet must be fitted out, the garrisoned towns must be put into a posture of defence. Adam Smith , Wealth of Nations, v. 3. Head of Rocky Mountain Garrot ( Clangula islandica or barrovi ). Same as garrot . See garran . [Origin not ascertained.] genus Clangula , subfamily Fuligulina , and family Anatida . There are several species. The common garrot, also called goldeneye, is Anas or Fuligula clan gula , or Clangula clan gula , vulgar is , or chry sophthalma, widely distributed over the north ern hemisphere. The colors are black and white, the head being glo ed with green, and there is a large rounded white spot before each eye. The Rocky Mountain garrot, also called Barrow's golden eye, is Clangula islandica or bar rovi, a similar but rather larger species, with more of a purplish glo on the head and the eye-spot crescentic. garrot2 (gar'ot), n. [F. garrot, IMG:content-2115.jpg:[graphic] cro bow.