*garr*

v. t. To deprive of a garrison. Hewyt. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To garrison; to put in garrison, or to protect by a garrison. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gael. garrán, gearrán, gelding, work horse, hack. ] (Zool.) See Galloway. [ Scot. garron or gerron. Jamieson. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. garite, garette, watchtower, place of lookout, OF. garite, also meaning, a place of refuge, F. guérite a place of refuge, donjon, sentinel box, fr. OF. garir to preserve, save, defend, F. guérir to cure; of German origin; cf. OHG. werian to protect, defend, hinder, G. wehren, akin to Goth. warjan to hinder, and akin to E. weir, or perhaps to wary. See Weir, and cf. Guerite. ] 1. A turret; a watchtower. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

He saw men go up and down on the garrets of the gates and walls. Ld. Berners. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That part of a house which is on the upper floor, immediately under or within the roof; an attic. [ 1913 Webster ]

The tottering garrets which overhung the streets of Rome. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Protected by turrets. [ Obs. ] R. Carew. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who lives in a garret; a poor author; a literary hack. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Small splinters of stone inserted into the joints of coarse masonry. Weale. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. garnisoun, F. garnison garrison, in OF. & OE. also, provision, munitions, from garnir to garnish. See Garnish. ] (Mil.) (a) A body of troops stationed in a fort or fortified town. (b) A fortified place, in which troops are quartered for its security. [ 1913 Webster ]

In garrison, in the condition of a garrison; doing duty in a fort or as one of a garrison. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Garrisoned p. pr. & vb. n. Garrisoning. ] (Mil.) (a) To place troops in, as a fortification, for its defense; to furnish with soldiers; as, to garrison a fort or town. (b) To secure or defend by fortresses manned with troops; as, to garrison a conquered territory. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Garran. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. Cf. Garrote. ] (Surg.) A stick or small wooden cylinder used for tightening a bandage, in order to compress the arteries of a limb. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The European golden-eye. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Sp. garrote, from garra claw, talon, of Celtic origin; cf. Armor. & W. gar leg, ham, shank. Cf. Garrot stick, Garter. ] A Spanish mode of execution by strangulation, with an iron collar affixed to a post and tightened by a screw until life become extinct. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The instrument by means of which the garrote{ 1 } is inflicted.
Syn. -- garrote, garotte, iron collar. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

3. Hence: A short length of rope or other instrument used to strangle a person. [ PJC ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Garroted; p. pr. & vb. n. Garroting. ] To strangle with the garrote; hence, to seize by the throat, from behind, with a view to strangle and rob. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who seizes a person by the throat from behind, with a view to strangle and rob him. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. A subfamily of the crow family, including the jays.
Syn. -- subfamily Garrulinae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. garrulitas: cf. F. garrulité. ] Talkativeness; loquacity. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. garrulus, fr. garrire to chatter, talk; cf. Gr. &unr_; voice, &unr_; to speak, sing. Cf. Call. ] 1. Talking much, especially about commonplace or trivial things; talkative; loquacious. [ 1913 Webster ]

The most garrulous people on earth. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) Having a loud, harsh note; noisy; -- said of birds; as, the garrulous roller.

Syn. -- Garrulous, Talkative, Loquacious. A garrulous person indulges in long, prosy talk, with frequent repetitions and lengthened details; talkative implies simply a great desire to talk; and loquacious a great flow of words at command. A child is talkative; a lively woman is loquacious; an old man in his dotage is garrulous.

-- Gar"ru*lous*ly, adv. -- Gar"ru*lous*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. The type genus of the Garrulinae, conmprising the Old World jays.
Syn. -- genus Garrulus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Prob. fr. Pg. garupa crupper. Cf. Grouper the fish. ] (Zool.) One of several species of California market fishes, of the genus Sebastichthys; -- called also rockfish. See Rockfish. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ n., or . [ Name of a valley in Scotland. ] A kind of Highland Scotch cap for men, with straight sides and a hollow top sloping to the back, where it is parted and held together by ribbons or strings.

The long silk streamers of his Glengarry bonnet. L. Hutton. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. t. To garrison to excess. [ 1913 Webster ]