garland

5 definitions found

garland - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Garland \Gar"land\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Garlanded; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Garlanding.]
     To deck with a garland. --B. Jonson.
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  Garland \Gar"land\, n. [OE. garland, gerlond, OF. garlande, F.
     guirlande; of uncertain origin; cf. OHG. wiara, wiera, crown,
     pure gold, MHG. wieren to adorn.]
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     1. The crown of a king. [Obs.] --Graffon.
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     2. 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.
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     3. The top; the thing most prized. --Shak.
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     4. A book of extracts in prose or poetry; an anthology.
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              They [ballads] began to be collected into little
              miscellanies under the name of garlands. --Percy.
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     5. (Naut.)
        (a) A sort of netted bag used by sailors to keep provision
            in.
        (b) A grommet or ring of rope lashed to a spar for
            convenience in handling.
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garland - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Garland
      n 1: United States singer and film actress (1922-1969) [syn:
           Garland, Judy Garland]
      2: a city in northeastern Texas (suburb of Dallas)
      3: an anthology of short literary pieces and poems and ballads
         etc. [syn: florilegium, garland, miscellany]
      4: flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage
         or flowers for ornamental purposes [syn: wreath, garland,
         coronal, chaplet, lei]
      v 1: adorn with bands of flowers or leaves; "They garlanded the
           statue"

garland - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :

  Garland, AR (town, FIPS 25780)
    Location: 33.35981 N, 93.71281 W
    Population (1990): 415 (169 housing units)
    Area: 2.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
  Garland, KS
    Zip code(s): 66741
  Garland, NC (town, FIPS 25460)
    Location: 34.78595 N, 78.39499 W
    Population (1990): 746 (302 housing units)
    Area: 2.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 28441
  Garland, NE (village, FIPS 18230)
    Location: 40.94419 N, 96.98507 W
    Population (1990): 247 (94 housing units)
    Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 68360
  Garland, TN (town, FIPS 28680)
    Location: 35.58648 N, 89.75204 W
    Population (1990): 194 (79 housing units)
    Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
  Garland, TX (city, FIPS 29000)
    Location: 32.91080 N, 96.62930 W
    Population (1990): 180650 (69595 housing units)
    Area: 148.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 75040, 75041, 75042, 75043, 75044
  Garland, UT (city, FIPS 28150)
    Location: 41.73680 N, 112.16118 W
    Population (1990): 1637 (538 housing units)
    Area: 3.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 84312

garland - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  213 Moby Thesaurus words for "garland":
     Festschrift, O, Old Mug, achievement, album, alerion, ana,
     analects, animal charge, annular muscle, annulet, annulus,
     anthology, areola, argent, armorial bearings, armory, arms,
     aureole, azure, bandeau, bar, bar sinister, baton, bays, bead,
     bearings, beauties, bejewel, bend, bend sinister, beribbon,
     bespangle, billet, blazon, blazonry, book of verse, bordure,
     boughpot, bouquet, boutonniere, broad arrow, buttonhole,
     cadency mark, canon, canton, chaplet, charge, chevron, chief,
     chrestomathy, circle, circlet, circuit, circumference, circus,
     civic crown, closed circle, coat of arms, cockatrice, coil,
     collectanea, collected works, collection, compilation,
     complete works, corona, coronal, coronet, corsage, crescent, crest,
     cross, cross moline, crown, cup, cycle, decorate, delectus, device,
     diadem, diamond, difference, differencing, discus, disk, eagle,
     encircle, engrave, ermine, ermines, erminites, erminois,
     escutcheon, eternal return, fairy ring, falcon, feather, fess,
     fess point, festoon, field, figure, file, filigree, flag, flanch,
     fleur-de-lis, florilegium, flounce, flower, flower arrangement,
     flowers, fret, fur, fusil, garden, gem, glory, griffin, gules,
     gyron, halo, hatchment, helmet, heraldic device, honor point,
     illuminate, impalement, impaling, inescutcheon, jewel, label,
     lasso, laurel, laurels, lei, lion, logical circle, loop, looplet,
     loving cup, lozenge, magic circle, mantling, marshaling, martlet,
     mascle, metal, miscellanea, miscellany, motto, mullet,
     nombril point, noose, nosegay, octofoil, omnibus, or, orbit,
     ordinary, orle, paint, pale, palm, palms, paly, pean, pheon,
     photograph album, plume, poesy, poetic works, posy, pot, purpure,
     quarter, quartering, quotation book, radius, ribbon, ring,
     rondelle, rose, round, roundel, sable, saltire, saucer, scrapbook,
     scutcheon, shield, spangle, sphincter, spiral, spray, spread eagle,
     subordinary, symposium, tenne, tincture, tinsel, torse, tressure,
     trophy, unicorn, vair, vert, vicious circle, wheel, wreath,
     wreathe, yale