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Traditional English :: garget
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garge.html - n.
1 inflammation of a cow's or ewe's udder.
2 US pokeweed. [perh. f. obs. garget throat f. OF gargate, -guete] |
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Traditional English :: garganey
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garge.html - n. (pl. -eys) a small duck, Anas querquedula, the drake of which has a white stripe from the eye to the neck. [It., dial. var. of garganello] |
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Traditional English :: gargantuan
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garge.html - adj.
enormous, gigantic. [the name of a giant in Rabelais' book Gargantua (1534)] |
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Traditional English :: garget
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garge.html - n.
1 inflammation of a cow's or ewe's udder.
2 US pokeweed. [perh. f. obs. garget throat f. OF gargate, -guete] |
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Traditional English :: gargle
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garge.html - v. & n. --v. 1 tr. (also absol.) wash (one's mouth and throat), esp. for medicinal purposes, with a liquid kept in motion by breathing through it.
2 intr. make a sound as when doing this. --n. 1 a liquid used for gargling.
2 sl. an alcoholic drink. [F gargouiller f. gargouille: see GARGOYLE] |
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Traditional English :: gargoyle
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garge.html - n. a grotesque carved human or animal face or figure projecting from the gutter of (esp. a Gothic) building usu. as a spout to carry water clear of a wall. [OF gargouille throat, gargoyle] |
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