Index of English words, starting with "ga"

(1) - Garnet (n.) A tackle for hoisting cargo in our out.
(2) - Garnet (n.) A mineral having many varieties differing in color and in their constituents, but with the same crystallization (isometric), and conforming to the same general chemical formula. The commonest color is red, the luster is vitreous, and the hardness greater than that of quartz. The dodecahedron and trapezohedron are the common forms.

(1) - Garnierite (n.) An amorphous mineral of apple-green color; a hydrous silicate of nickel and magnesia. It is an important ore of nickel.

(1) - Garnish (v. t.) A fee; specifically, in English jails, formerly an unauthorized fee demanded by the old prisoners of a newcomer.
(2) - Garnish (v. t.) Fetters.
(3) - Garnish (n.) Something set round or upon a dish as an embellishment. See Garnish, v. t., 2.
(4) - Garnish (n.) Something added for embellishment; decoration; ornament; also, dress; garments, especially such as are showy or decorated.
(5) - Garnish (v. t.) To warn by garnishment; to give notice to; to garnishee. See Garnishee, v. t.
(6) - Garnish (v. t.) To fit with fetters.
(7) - Garnish (v. t.) To furnish; to supply.
(8) - Garnish (v. t.) To ornament, as a dish, with something laid about it; as, a dish garnished with parsley.
(9) - Garnish (v. t.) To decorate with ornamental appendages; to set off; to adorn; to embellish.

(1) - Garnishee (v. t.) To attach (the fund or property sought to be secured by garnishment); to trustee.
(2) - Garnishee (v. t.) To make (a person) a garnishee; to warn by garnishment; to garnish.
(3) - Garnishee (n.) One who is garnished; a person upon whom garnishment has been served in a suit by a creditor against a debtor, such person holding property belonging to the debtor, or owing him money.