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<B>garrison, </B>noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a group of soldiers stationed in a fort or town to defend it. <BR> <I>Ex. The Japanese garrison on Wake surrendered at the end of World War II (E. H. Bryan).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a place that has a garrison. <BR> <I>Ex. New York City was a garrison for British soldiers in the Revolutionary War.</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to station soldiers in (a fort or town) to defend it. <BR> <I>Ex. The captain commanding the Yankee troops garrisoned in the little town had been stationed in South Carolina for several years (Atlantic).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to occupy (a fort or town) as a garrison. <BR> <I>Ex. the other towns, which were garrisoned by the Greek mercenaries, refused to receive him (Connop Thirlwall).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>to put (soldiers) on duty in a garrison. <BR><I>expr. <B>in garrison,</B> </I>doing duty as a garrison or as one of a garrison. <BR> <I>Ex. Those in garrison at Goletta threatened to give up that important fortress (William Robertson).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="garrisonbelt">
<B>garrison belt,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a wide belt with a large, heavy buckle. </DL>
<A NAME="garrisoncap">
<B>garrison cap,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Military.) <DD><B> 1. </B>a peaked dress hat of woolen or cotton cloth, with a visor. <DD><B> 2. </B>a small, soft hat without a visor, usually with a colored braid around the side to indicate branch of service; overseas cap. </DL>
<A NAME="garrisonfinish">
<B>Garrison finish,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Informal.) a victory or success achieved at the last possible moment; an unexpected or spectacular finish. <BR> <I>Ex. ... a very young portmanteau revue, not entirely past the awkward stage but ending with a Garrison finish (New Yorker).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="garrisonflag">
<B>garrison flag,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a large flag displayed at military posts in the United States on occasions of national importance. </DL>
<A NAME="garrisonhouse">
<B>garrison house,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) <DD><B> 1. </B>a strongly built log house with a projecting upper story. <DD><B> 2. </B>a fortified house like this, formerly used by settlers as a shelter during Indian raids. </DL>
<A NAME="garrisonstate">
<B>garrison state,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a country organized in a military way in time of peace as well as of war. <BR> <I>Ex. As to the alleged virtues of the garrison state, we all know what happened to Hitler's vaunted totalitarian "efficiency" when the West took counter measures (Wall Street Journal).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a country with strong central controls and regimentation. </DL>
<A NAME="garron">
<B>garron, </B>noun. <B>=garran.</B></DL>
<A NAME="garrot">
<B>garrot, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any sea duck, especially a goldeneye. </DL>
<A NAME="garrote">
<B>garrote, </B>noun, verb, <B>-roted,</B> <B>-roting.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a method of executing a person by strangling him with an iron collar. The collar is fastened to a post and tightened by a screw. <DD><B> 2. </B>the iron collar used for this. <DD><B> 3. </B>strangulation, especially in order to rob. <DD><B> 4. </B>any device used to strangle. <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to execute by garroting. <DD><B> 2. </B>to strangle and rob; strangle. (SYN) throttle. Also, <B>garotte.</B> noun <B>garroter.</B> </DL>
<B>garrulity, </B>noun, pl. <B>-ties.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the fact or quality of being garrulous; talkativeness. <BR> <I>Ex. His blunt, rough manners, garrulity and good humor won him attention (Time).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>garrulous remarks; wordiness. </DL>
<A NAME="garrulous">
<B>garrulous, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>talking too much about trifles; talkative. <BR> <I>Ex. Age, garrulous, recounts The feats of youth (James Thomson).</I> (SYN) loquacious. <DD><B> 2. </B>using too many words; wordy. <BR> <I>Ex. garrulous comments.</I> (SYN) long-winded. adv. <B>garrulously.</B> noun <B>garrulousness.</B> </DL>
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<B>gartel, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Yiddish.) a black silk cord that Hasidic Jews tie around the waist to symbolize the separation between the spiritual and baser instincts of man. </DL>
<A NAME="garter">
<B>garter, </B>noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> a band or strap to hold up a stocking or sock. It is usually elastic. <DD><I>v.t. </I> to fasten with a garter. <BR> <I>Ex. Women used to the standard welt ... were gartering in the sheer part of the stocking and getting runs (New York Times).</I> adj. <B>garterless.</B> </DL>
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<B>Garter, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>(<B>Order of</B>) <B>the,</B> the oldest and most important order of knighthood in Great Britain, established about 1349. <DD><B> 2. </B>a badge of this order. <DD><B> 3. </B>membership in it. <DD><B> 4. </B><B>=Garter King-of-Arms.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="garterkingofarms">
<B>Garter King-of-Arms,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the chief herald of the Order of the Garter. </DL>
<A NAME="gartersnake">
<B>garter snake,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a small, harmless, brownish or greenish snake with three yellow or white stripes that run along the body. <BR> <I>Ex. Garter snakes ... may be found in the back yards of city dwellers as well as in the fields and forests (A. M. Winchester).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a South African snake conspicuously marked by alternate rings of black and red. </DL>
<A NAME="garterstitch">
<B>garter stitch,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a simple knitting stitch, done without purling. </DL>
<A NAME="garth">
<B>garth, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a dam or weir for catching fish. <DD><B> 2. </B>the open space surrounded by a cloister; cloister garth. <DD><B> 3. </B>a fence or hedge. <DD><B> 4. </B>any enclosed or fenced area. <DD><B> 5. </B>(Archaic.) a yard or garden. </DL>
<A NAME="garua">
<B>garua, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a heavy mist or fog along the coast of Peru and Chile; camanchaca. It occurs from May to October and plants of the region depend on it for their moisture. </DL>
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<B>gas</B> (1), noun, pl. <B>gases,</B> verb, <B>gassed,</B> <B>gassing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a substance that is not a liquid or a solid; any substance that has no shape or size of its own and can expand without limit. Oxygen and hydrogen are gases at ordinary temperatures. <DD><B> 2. </B>any gas or mixture of gases except air. <DD><B> 3. </B>any mixture of gases that can be burned, obtained from coal and other substances. Gas was once much used for lighting, but is now used chiefly for cooking and heating. <BR> <I>Ex. Much of the artificial gas now used in great areas of the United States to which natural gas is not delivered is made from coal (Science News Letter).</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>any gas used as an anesthetic, such as nitrous oxide or laughing gas. <DD><B> 5. </B>a substance that vaporizes and then poisons, suffocates, or stupefies, such as tear gas. Mustard gas has been used in warfare. <DD><B> 6. </B>(Mining.) an explosive mixture of methane with air. <DD><B> 7. </B>(Slang, Figurative.) empty or boasting talk. <DD><B> 8. </B>Usually, <B>a gas.</B> (Slang.) a great pleasure; a delight; a joy. <BR> <I>Ex. As black Percussion Man Warren Duncan says, "It's a gas to ride the buses, see all the mountains and the jack rabbits and road runners" (Time).</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to supply with gas. <DD><B> 2. </B>to treat with gas; use gas on. Some kinds of seeds are gassed to hasten sprouting. <DD><B> 3. </B>to injure or kill by poisonous gas. <DD><B> 4. </B>to kill in a gas chamber with poison gas. <BR> <I>Ex. The Nazis gassed millions of people.</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>to pass (a thread or fabric) through a gas flame to remove superfluous fibers. <DD><B> 6. </B>to impregnate (slaked lime) with chlorine, especially in the manufacture of bleaching powder. <DD><B> 7. </B>(Slang.) <DD><B> a. </B>to deceive or impose upon by talking idly or boastingly. <DD><B> b. </B>to please; delight. <DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to give off gas. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Slang.) to talk idly or in a boasting way. <BR> <I>Ex. I'm 'fraid I've been gassing awf'ly, sir (Rudyard Kipling).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="gas">
<B>gas</B> (2), noun, verb, <B>gassed,</B> <B>gassing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Informal.) <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B><B>=gasoline.</B> <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=gas pedal.</B> <DD><I>v.t., v.i. </I> to supply with gasoline. <BR><I>expr. <B>gas up,</B> </I>to fill up the gasoline tank of an automobile, truck, or airplane with gasoline. <BR> <I>Ex. to gas up the car. We gassed up at the service station for the long trip.</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>step on the gas,</B> (Slang.) <DD><B> a. </B>to make an automobile go faster by pressing down the gas pedal. </I> <I>Ex. The engine roared as he stepped on the gas.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>to go faster; put on speed. <BR> <I>Ex. So as not to be late for classes, the boys stepped on the gas and ran all the way to school.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="gasattack">
<B>gas attack,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the release of asphyxiating or poisonous gases as a weapon of war. </DL>
<A NAME="gasbag">
<B>gas bag,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a bag in which gas is kept for use. <DD><B> 2. </B>an inflatable bag used as a plug in a gas pipe during repairs. <DD><B> 3. </B>one of the separate containers of gas in a rigid airship. <DD><B> 4. </B>(Slang.) an empty, voluble talker; windbag. </DL>
<A NAME="gasblack">
<B>gas black,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> fine soot produced by turning a gas flame on metal, used as a paint and as a pigment; carbon black. </DL>
<A NAME="gasboat">
<B>gas boat,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a motorboat powered by an automobile engine converted for use in boats. </DL>
<B>gas burner,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the small nozzle of a gas fixture where gas comes out and is burned. </DL>
<A NAME="gascapdrive">
<B>gas-cap drive,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a form of underground pressure exerted by natural gas on oil deposits, forcing the oil up the well. </DL>
<A NAME="gascarbon">
<B>gas carbon,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a compact form of carbon deposited in the making of coal gas. It is used for electrodes in batteries and arc lamps. </DL>
<A NAME="gaschamber">
<B>gas chamber,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a hermetically sealed room in which a poison gas is released. It has been used in some states to execute persons condemned to death and was one of the forms of extermination used in Nazi concentration camps. </DL>
