GARLAND

n. v.

7 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

The crown of a king. [Obs.] Graffon.

2.
n.

A wreath of chaplet made of branches, flowers, or feathers, and sometimes of precious stones, to be worn on the head like a crown; a coronal; a wreath. Pope.

3.
n.

The top; the thing most prized. Shak.

4.
n.

A book of extracts in prose or poetry; an anthology. They [ballads] began to be collected into little miscellanies under the name of garlands. Percy.

5.
n.

A sort of netted bag used by sailors to keep provision in.

6.
n.

A grommet or ring of rope lashed to a spar for convenience in handling.

7.
v.

To deck with a garland. B. Jonson.


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