v. t.
To secure or defend by fortresses manned with troops; as, to garrison a conquered territory. →
An aquatic kind of buttercup (Ranunculus aquatilis), used as food for cattle in parts of England. →
n.
A careless and blasphemous use of the name of the divine Being, or anything divine or sacred, by way of appeal or as a profane exclamation or ejaculation; an expression of profane swearing. →
a.
Combining the heroic and the ludicrous; denoting high burlesque; as, a heroicomic poem. →
p. p. & a.
Allied by kindred; connected by blood or alliance, particularly by consanguinity; as, persons related in the first or second degree. →
n.
Any one of several species of bryozoans of the genus Retepora. They form delicate calcareous corals, usually composed of thin fenestrated fronds. →
a.
Having the bark so close and constricting that it impedes the growth; -- said of trees. →