Gar"ni*ture (?), n. [F. garniture. See Garnish, v. t.] That which
garnishes; ornamental appendage; embellishment; furniture; dress.
The pomp of groves and garniture of fields.
Beattie.
||Ga*roo"kuh (?), n. A small fishing vessel met with in the Persian
||Gulf.
Ga"rous (?), a. [From Garum.] Pertaining to, or resembling, garum. Sir
T. Browne.
Gar" pike` or Gar"pike`. (Zoˆl.) See under Gar.
Gar"ran (?), n. [Gael. garr·n, gearr·n, gelding, work horse, hack.]
(Zoˆl.) See Galloway. [Scot. garron or gerron. Jamieson.]
Gar"ret (?), n. [OE. garite, garette, watchtower, place of lookout, OF.
garite, also meaning, a place of refuge, F. guÈrite a place of refuge,
donjon, sentinel box, fr. OF. garir to preserve, save, defend, F.
guÈrir 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.]
He saw men go up and down on the garrets of the gates and walls.
Ld. Berners.
2. That part of a house which is on the upper floor, immediately under
or within the roof; an attic.
The tottering garrets which overhung the streets of Rome.
Macaulay.
Gar"ret*ed, a. Protected by turrets. [Obs.] R. Carew.
Gar`ret*eer" (?), n. One who lives in a garret; a poor author; a
literary hack. Macaulay.
Gar"ret*ing (?), n. Small splinters of stone inserted into the joints
of coarse masonry. Weale.
Gar"ri*son (?), 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.
In garrison, in the condition of a garrison; doing duty in a fort or as
one of a garrison.
Gar"ri*son, 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.