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garled

UK/ɡɑː(ɹ)ld/US/ɡɑɹld/

garled adjective: spotted; speckled;.

Adjective

garled (comparative more garled, superlative most garled)

  1. (obsolete) Spotted; speckled;
    • Other pernicious beaſts we haue not, except you repute the great plentie of red a fallow deere , whoſe colours are oft garled white and blacke, all white oꝛ all blacke , and ſtoꝛe of conies amongſt the hurtfull fort.1586, Raphaell Holinshed, William Harrison, The First and ſecond volumes of Chronicles, […] , page 226, column 1
    • The leaues of Pꝛiuet do cure the ſwellings, apoſtumations, and vicers of the mouth, and the ſoꝛes, and puſtules, oꝛ bliſters of the thꝛote, if the mouth be well waſhed, and the thꝛote garled with the decoction oꝛ iuice thereof.1595, Rembert Dodoens, “Of Priuet” (chapter XXV), in Henrie Lyte, transl., A New Herball, or Historie of Plants, London: […] Edm. Bollifant, page 802

Forms of garled

comparativemore garled
superlativemost garled

Origin of garled

From Middle French garre (“bicolored”).

Questions about garled

What does garled mean?
Garled means spotted; speckled;.
What part of speech is garled?
Garled is an adjective.
How do you pronounce garled?
Garled is pronounced /ɡɑː(ɹ)ld/ (UK).

Words near garled in the dictionary

  1. garlandries
  2. garlandry
  3. garlands
  4. garlandwise
  5. garlandy
  6. garled
  7. Garliava
  8. garlic
  9. garlic bread
  10. garlic breads
  11. garlic butter

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