garnet (2)

[Etym. doubtful.] 1. Carp .: A hinge of the shape of the letter T laid horizontally-thus, the cro -bar being attached to the hanging-stile or post. 2. Naut .: A sort of purchase. Fired to the mainstay as a hoisting-in tackle, but useful in other positions indicated by names, such as clew-garnet, . [CLEW-GARNET.] garnet-hinge, 8. [GARNET (2), 8. (1).] *gar-net-er, *gar-net-our, s . [GARNER.] The keeper of the garner or granary. gar'-nish, *gar-nysch-yn, v . t . [Fr. garnisant, pr. par. of garnir to warn, to defend, to garnish; Low Lat. garni so ; A. S. warnian , wearnian = to beware of; O. S. wernian = to refuse; O. Fris. wernia to give a pledge.] IMG:content-0340.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0341.png:[blocks in formation] *gar-nish-ry, s. [Eng.garnish; -ry.] Garnishment, decoration. "Whose eyes, calm as their flocks, Saw in the stars mere garnishry of heaven." R. Browning: Para cels us , iii. gar'-ni-türe, s. [Fr., from Low Lat. garnitura , from garnio =to furnish.] Furniture; ornamental appendages; embellishment; decorations. "Rude and antique garniture Decked the sad walls and oaken floor." Scott: Lady of the Lake, vi. 40. garnş-dorf-ite, s. [Named from Garnsdorf, near Saalfeld, in Saxony (?), where it occurs.] Min.: The same as Pi ophanite (q. v.). gar-oôk-ŭh, s. [Pers. or Arab. (?).] Naut .: A ve el of the Persian Gulf, having a length of from 50 to 100 feet, a short keel, and a long overhanging prow and stern. It is used principally for fishing purposes. ga-rot te, s. & v. [GARROTE.] ga-rot-těr, s. [GARROTTER.] gar-ôu', s. [Fr.) Phar .: The name given in France to Mezereum bark, used in that country and sometimes here as a vesicant. gär-ous, a. [Lat. garum =pickle.] Pertaining to or resembling garum. "This humor may be a garous excretion, and olidous separation."-Browne. gar-pike, s. [Eng. gar, and pike.] The same as GARFISH (q. v.).