garth

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garth - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Garth \Garth\ (g[aum]rth), n. [Icel. gar[eth]r yard. See
     Yard.]
     1. A close; a yard; a croft; a garden; as, a cloister garth.
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              A clapper clapping in a garth
              To scare the fowl from fruit.         --Tennyson.
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     2. A dam or weir for catching fish.
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  Garth \Garth\, n. [Girth.]
     A hoop or band. [Prov. Eng.]
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