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See Galoche. Spenser.

To keep in a garage. [Colloq.]

To strip of the bowels; to clean. "Pilchards . . . are garbaged." Holland.

The intensity of a magnetic field expressed in C.G.S. units, or gausses.

Forced feeding (as of poultry or infants) by means of a tube passed through the mouth down to the stomach.

Alternate generation. See under Generation.

A small, strong carriage for conveying materials on a railroad. [Eng.]

A feeding on nuts or mast. [Obs.] Crabb.

The scarp of a ditch or moat. "To clean the graffages." Miss Mitford.

The science of grafting, including the various methods of practice and details of operation.

delicious flavor. It is called in France Reine Claude, after the queen of Francis I. See Gage.

A framework of sleepers and crossbeams forming a foundation in marshy or treacherous soil.

A local tax paid by a ship for the ground or space it occupies while in port. Bouvier.

Wardship [Obs.] Shak.

Guardianship. [Obs. & R.] " His tuition and guardenage." Holland.

Guardianship. [Obs.]

The reward given to a guide for services. [R.] Ainsworth.

Act of being gulled. [Obs.] Had you no quirk. To avoid gullage, sir, by such a creature B. Jonson

The number of guns carried by a ship of war.

A fee or toll paid for goods sold in a hall.