Vocabulary : Garrot to Garter stitch

Garrot : A stick or small wooden cylinder used for tightening a bandage, in order to compress the arteries of a limb. ;; The European golden-eye.
Garrote : A Spanish mode of execution by strangulation, with an iron collar affixed to a post and tightened by a screw until life become extinct; also, the instrument by means of which the punishment is inflicted. ;; To strangle with the garrote; hence, to seize by the throat, from behind, with a view to strangle and rob.
Garroted : of Garrote
Garroter : One who seizes a person by the throat from behind, with a view to strangle and rob him.
Garroting : of Garrote

Garrulity : Talkativeness; loquacity.
Garrulous : Talking much, especially about commonplace or trivial things; talkative; loquacious. ;; Having a loud, harsh note; noisy; -- said of birds; as, the garrulous roller.
Garrupa : One of several species of California market fishes, of the genus Sebastichthys; -- called also rockfish. See Rockfish.
Garter : A band used to prevent a stocking from slipping down on the leg. ;; The distinguishing badge of the highest order of knighthood in Great Britain, called the Order of the Garter, instituted by Edward III.; also, the Order itself. ;; Same as Bendlet. ;; To bind with a garter. ;; To invest with the Order of the Garter.
Garter stitch : The simplest stitch in knitting.

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