gargantuan

[From Gargantua, the giant in Rabelais.] Immense, enormous, prodigious. gar-gar-Işm, *gar'-gar-işme, s. [Fr. gargar ic ( Chem.) (q. v.).] Derived from or in any way is me, from Lat. gargarism us, from Gr. gargarismos, connected with the genus Gardenia (q. v.). gardenic-acid, s. Chem.: Obtained by the action of dilute nitric acid on Garden in (q.v.). Gardenicacid crystallizes from chloroform in deep carmine red needles, which melt with decomposition at 223°. It is insoluble in water, petroleum, and carbon disulphide, nearly insoluble in ether and in benzene, easily soluble in dilute alkalies. *garden ship (as gard'n-ship), s. [Eng. garden ; -ship .] Gardening, horticulture. *gar'de-robe, s. [Fr.) A wardrobe. "An aquitance & discharge to the Earle of Dumbar of he kings jewels & garderob ."- Table unprinted Acts Jas. VI., Part. 18. gar'de-vi-şüre, s. [Fr.] Her.: A visor, from its protecting the face. from gargarizō =to gargle.] A gargle; a preparation used to wash the mouth or throat in cases of inflammation, ulcers, . "Such as are not swallowed, but only kept in the mouth, are gargarismes used commonly after a purge."- Burton : Anatomy of Melancholy , p. 378. *gar'-gar-ize, *gar'-gal-işe, v. t . & i . [Fr. gar gariser , from Lat. gargarizo , from Gr. gargarizō = to gargle.] A. Transitive : 1. To gargle; to wash or rinse with any medicated liquor. 2. To use or apply as a gargle. "And vinegar put to the nosthrils, or gargarized , doth it also."- Bacon : Natural History , § 685. B. In trans.: To use a gargle; to wash or rinse the mouth with a gargle. *gar'-gat, *gar'-get, s . [O. Fr. gargate ; Ital. gargatta ; Sp. & Port. garganta .] 1. The throat. "And Dan Ru el the fox start up at once, And by the garget hente chauntecleere. Chaucer: C. Т., 15,341. 2. A distemper in cattle accompanied by a swelling of the throat and neighboring parts. "The garget appears in the head, maw, or in the hinder parts."-Mortimer: Husbandry. 3. A disease in the udder of cows, arising from inflammation of the lymphatic glands. gering and lo of appetite. 4. A distemper in hogs, accompanied with stag 5. A name for Phytol acc a decandra , a plant employed in medicine as a cathartic and emetic. Also called Poke or Pokeweed.