garlic (garlik)

[Formerly also garlick, gar like; Askes after on the wounde Thou kest, and clense it, ley on garlic grounde. Palladius , Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 22. Our general was taught by a negro to draw the poyson out of his wound by a clove of garlike , whereby he was cured. Hakluyt's Voyages , III. 487. Honey new pre 'd, the sacred flower of wheat, And wholesome garlic , crown'd the savoury treat. Pope , Iliad, xi. 2. [Appar. a special use of garlic, 1, of some particular origin.] A jig or farce popular at the beginning of the seventeenth century. And for his action he eclipseth quite The jig of garlick or the punk's delight. John Taylor, Works (1630). IMG:content-2110.png:[merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][ocr errors][merged small][merged small][merged small] I am not weary of writing; it is the coarse but durable garment of my love. Donne, Letters, xxxvii. 2. Eccles., the chasuble or casula (especially the large early chasuble), as being the largest and most important of the ecclesiastical vestments.