v. t. [ Of Scand. origin. See Gear, n. ] To cause; to make. [ Obs. or Scot. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Prob. AS. gār dart, spear, lance. The name is applied to the fish on account of its long and slender body and pointed head. Cf. Goad, Gore, v. ] (Zool.) (a) Any slender marine fish of the genera Belone and Tylosurus. See Garfish. (b) The gar pike. See Alligator gar (under Alligator), and Gar pike. [ 1913 Webster ]

Gar pike, or
Garpike (Zool.), a large, elongated ganoid fish of the genus Lepidosteus, of several species, inhabiting the lakes and rivers of temperate and tropical America. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Garaged p. pr. & vb. n. Garaging ] To keep in a garage. [ Colloq. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ F. ] 1. an enclosed structure for housing or parking motor vehicles, especially automobiles. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

2. (Aëronautics) A shed for housing an airship or flying machine; a hangar. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

3. A side way or space in a canal to enable vessels to pass each other; a siding. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

4. a commercial establishment that repairs or services automobiles. [ PJC ]

n. 1. An arborescent cactus of Western Mexico (Myrtillocactus geometrizans) bearing a small oblong edible berrylike fruit.
Syn. -- garambulla cactus, Myrtillocactus geometrizans. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. The small berrylike fruit of the Myrtillocactus geometrizans. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ F. garance madder, LL. garantia. ] (Chem.) An extract of madder by sulphuric acid. It consists essentially of alizarin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From the inventor, John C. Garand. ] A semiautomatic rifle, also called the M-1, used by soldiers of the U. S. army in World War II and Korea. It was the standard weapon issued to infantrymen.
Syn. -- Garand rifle, M-1, M-1 rifle. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

v. t. To clothe; array; deck. [ 1913 Webster ]

These black dog-Dons
Garb themselves bravely. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. garbe looks, countenance, grace, ornament, fr. OHG. garawī, garwī, ornament, dress. akin to E. gear. See Gear, n. ] 1. (a) Clothing in general. (b) The whole dress or suit of clothes worn by any person, especially when indicating rank or office; as, the garb of a clergyman or a judge. (c) Costume; fashion; as, the garb of a gentleman in the 16th century. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. External appearance, as expressive of the feelings or character; looks; fashion or manner, as of speech. [ 1913 Webster ]

You thought, because he could not speak English in the native garb, he could not therefore handle an English cudgel. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. gerbe, OF. also garbe, OHG. garba, G. garbe; cf. Skr. g&rsdot_;bh to seize, E. grab. ] (Her.) A sheaf of grain (wheat, unless otherwise specified). [ 1913 Webster ]