A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ Garget], sb. throat, CM; see [Gorget].

[ Garite], sb. a watch-tower, look-out on the roof of a house or castle-wall, S3; garytte, a high ‘solere’, Prompt.; garett, HD; garret, Cotg. (s.v. tourelle); garettes, pl., Prompt. (n); garrettes, projecta, Manip.—OF. garite; cp. Span. garíta.

[ Garlek], sb. garlick, PP; garleke, Alph.; garleek, C; garlekke, Prompt.; garlike, P; garlik, PP.—AS. gárléac (Voc.).

[ Garnet], sb. a kind of precious stone; garnettes, pl., SkD; granat, Cotg. (s.v. grenat); granate-stone (Florio). Cp. It. granáta, pomegranate, garnet. See [Grain].

[ Garnet-appille], sb. pomegranate, HD. See [Apple-garnade].

[ Garth], sb. an enclosure, HD, S3, H; orchard, Manip.; garthe, sepes, Cath.; garthis, pl., H.—Icel. garð. See [Ȝerd].

[ Gas], pr. s. goes; see [Gan].

[ Gast], sb. spirit, S, S2; see [Gost].

[ Gastlike], adj. spiritual, S; see [Gostliche].

[ Gat], sb. goat, S; gayte, S3; pl., H; gate, S, S3; see [Goot].