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   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"

English Dictionary: grueling by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
garland crab
n
  1. medium-sized tree of the eastern United States having pink blossoms and small yellow fruit
    Synonym(s): American crab apple, garland crab, Malus coronaria
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
garland flower
n
  1. widely cultivated low evergreen shrub with dense clusters of fragrant pink to deep rose flowers
    Synonym(s): garland flower, Daphne cneorum
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Garrulinae
n
  1. subfamily of the crow family: jays [syn: Garrulinae, subfamily Garrulinae]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ghrelin
n
  1. a gastrointestinal hormone produced by epithelial cells lining the fundus of the stomach; appears to be a stimulant for appetite and feeding, but is also a strong stimulant of growth hormone secretion from the anterior pituitary
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
girl wonder
n
  1. an extremely talented young female person
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Girolamo Savonarola
n
  1. Italian religious and political reformer; a Dominican friar in Florence who preached against sin and corruption and gained a large following; he expelled the Medici from Florence but was later excommunicated and executed for criticizing the Pope (1452-1498)
    Synonym(s): Savonarola, Girolamo Savonarola
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gray lemming
n
  1. Old World lemming [syn: grey lemming, gray lemming, red-backed lemming]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
grey lemming
n
  1. Old World lemming [syn: grey lemming, gray lemming, red-backed lemming]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
grilling
n
  1. cooking by direct exposure to radiant heat (as over a fire or under a grill)
    Synonym(s): broil, broiling, grilling
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
growling
n
  1. a gruff or angry utterance (suggestive of the growling of an animal)
  2. the sound of growling (as made by animals)
    Synonym(s): growl, growling
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
grueling
adj
  1. characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort; "worked their arduous way up the mining valley"; "a grueling campaign"; "hard labor"; "heavy work"; "heavy going"; "spent many laborious hours on the project"; "set a punishing pace"
    Synonym(s): arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, operose, punishing, toilsome
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gruelling
adj
  1. characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort; "worked their arduous way up the mining valley"; "a grueling campaign"; "hard labor"; "heavy work"; "heavy going"; "spent many laborious hours on the project"; "set a punishing pace"
    Synonym(s): arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, operose, punishing, toilsome
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Garland \Gar"land\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Garlanded}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Garlanding}.]
      To deck with a garland. --B. Jonson.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.]
      1. The crown of a king. [Obs.] --Graffon.
  
      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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   French \French\ (fr[ecr]nch), a. [AS. frencisc, LL. franciscus,
      from L. Francus a Frank: cf. OF. franceis, franchois,
      fran[cced]ois, F. fran[cced]ais. See {Frank}, a., and cf.
      {Frankish}.]
      Of or pertaining to France or its inhabitants.
  
      {French bean} (Bot.), the common kidney bean ({Phaseolus
            vulgaris}).
  
      {French berry} (Bot.), the berry of a species of buckthorn
            ({Rhamnus catharticus}), which affords a saffron, green or
            purple pigment.
  
      {French casement} (Arch.) See {French window}, under
            {Window}.
  
      {French chalk} (Min.), a variety of granular talc; -- used
            for drawing lines on cloth, etc. See under {Chalk}.
  
      {French cowslip} (Bot.) The {Primula Auricula}. See
            {Bear's-ear}.
  
      {French fake} (Naut.), a mode of coiling a rope by running it
            backward and forward in parallel bends, so that it may run
            freely.
  
      {French honeysuckle} (Bot.) a plant of the genus {Hedysarum}
            ({H. coronarium}); -- called also {garland honeysuckle}.
           
  
      {French horn}, a metallic wind instrument, consisting of a
            long tube twisted into circular folds and gradually
            expanding from the mouthpiece to the end at which the
            sound issues; -- called in France {cor de chasse}.
  
      {French leave}, an informal, hasty, or secret departure;
            esp., the leaving a place without paying one's debts.
  
      {French pie} [French (here used in sense of [bd]foreign[b8])
            + pie a magpie (in allusion to its black and white color)]
            (Zo[94]l.), the European great spotted woodpecker
            ({Dryobstes major}); -- called also {wood pie}.
  
      {French polish}.
      (a) A preparation for the surface of woodwork, consisting of
            gums dissolved in alcohol, either shellac alone, or
            shellac with other gums added.
      (b) The glossy surface produced by the application of the
            above.
  
      {French purple}, a dyestuff obtained from lichens and used
            for coloring woolen and silken fabrics, without the aid of
            mordants. --Ure.
  
      {French red} rouge.
  
      {French rice}, amelcorn.
  
      {French roof} (Arch.), a modified form of mansard roof having
            a nearly flat deck for the upper slope.
  
      {French tub}, a dyer's mixture of protochloride of tin and
            logwood; -- called also {plum tub}. --Ure.
  
      {French window}. See under {Window}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Garland \Gar"land\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Garlanded}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Garlanding}.]
      To deck with a garland. --B. Jonson.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Garland \Gar"land\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Garlanded}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Garlanding}.]
      To deck with a garland. --B. Jonson.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Garlandless \Gar"land*less\, a.
      Destitute of a garland. --Shelley.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gerland \Ger"land\, Gerlond \Ger"lond\, n.
      A garland. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gerlind \Ger"lind\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      A salmon returning from the sea the second time. [Prov. Eng.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gerland \Ger"land\, Gerlond \Ger"lond\, n.
      A garland. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Girlond \Gir"lond\, n. [See {Garland}, n.]
      A garland; a prize. [Obs.] --Chapman.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Magpie \Mag"pie\, n. [OE. & Prov. E. magot pie, maggoty pie, fr.
      Mag, Maggot, equiv. to Margaret, and fr. F. Marquerite, and
      common name of the magpie. Marguerite is fr. L. margarita
      pearl, Gr. [?], prob. of Eastern origin. See {Pie} magpie,
      and cf. the analogous names {Tomtit}, and {Jackdaw}.]
      (Zo[94]l.)
      Any one of numerous species of the genus {Pica} and related
      genera, allied to the jays, but having a long graduated tail.
  
      Note: The common European magpie ({Pica pica}, or {P.
               caudata}) is a black and white noisy and mischievous
               bird. It can be taught to speak. The American magpie
               ({P. Hudsonica}) is very similar. The yellow-belled
               magpie ({P. Nuttalli}) inhabits California. The blue
               magpie ({Cyanopolius Cooki}) inhabits Spain. Other
               allied species are found in Asia. The Tasmanian and
               Australian magpies are crow shrikes, as the white
               magpie ({Gymnorhina organicum}), the black magpie
               ({Strepera fuliginosa}), and the Australian magpie
               ({Cracticus picatus}).
  
      {Magpie lark} (Zo[94]l.), a common Australian bird ({Grallina
            picata}), conspicuously marked with black and white; --
            called also {little magpie}.
  
      {Magpie moth} (Zo[94]l.), a black and white European
            geometrid moth ({Abraxas grossulariata}); the harlequin
            moth. Its larva feeds on currant and gooseberry bushes.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gralline \Gral"line\ (l[imac]n), a. (Zo[94]l.)
      Of or pertaining to the Grall[91].

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Linnet \Lin"net\ (l[icr]n"n[ecr]t), n. [F. linot, linotte, from
      L. linum flax; or perh. shortened from AS. l[c6]netwige, fr.
      AS. l[c6]n flax; -- so called because it feeds on the seeds
      of flax and hemp. See {Linen}.] (Zo[94]l.)
      Any one of several species of fringilline birds of the genera
      {Linota}, {Acanthis}, and allied genera, esp. the common
      European species ({L. cannabina}), which, in full summer
      plumage, is chestnut brown above, with the breast more or
      less crimson. The feathers of its head are grayish brown,
      tipped with crimson. Called also {gray linnet}, {red linnet},
      {rose linnet}, {brown linnet}, {lintie}, {lintwhite}, {gorse
      thatcher}, {linnet finch}, and {greater redpoll}. The
      American redpoll linnet ({Acanthis linaria}) often has the
      crown and throat rosy. See {Redpoll}, and {Twite}.
  
      {Green linnet} (Zo[94]l.), the European green finch.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Upokororo \U`po*ko*ro"ro\, n. [From the native Maori name.]
      (Zo[94]l.)
      An edible fresh-water New Zealand fish ({Prototroctes
      oxyrhynchus}) of the family {Haplochitonid[91]}. In general
      appearance and habits, it resembles the northern lake
      whitefishes and trout. Called also {grayling}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Grayling \Gray"ling\, n. [From {Gray}, a.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) A European fish ({Thymallus vulgaris}), allied
            to the trout, but having a very broad dorsal fin; --
            called also {umber}. It inhabits cold mountain streams,
            and is valued as a game fish.
  
                     And here and there a lusty trout, And here and there
                     a grayling.                                       --Tennyson.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) An American fish of the genus {Thymallus},
            having similar habits to the above; one species ({T.
            Ontariensis}), inhabits several streams in Michigan;
            another ({T. montanus}), is found in the Yellowstone
            region.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Upokororo \U`po*ko*ro"ro\, n. [From the native Maori name.]
      (Zo[94]l.)
      An edible fresh-water New Zealand fish ({Prototroctes
      oxyrhynchus}) of the family {Haplochitonid[91]}. In general
      appearance and habits, it resembles the northern lake
      whitefishes and trout. Called also {grayling}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Grayling \Gray"ling\, n. [From {Gray}, a.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) A European fish ({Thymallus vulgaris}), allied
            to the trout, but having a very broad dorsal fin; --
            called also {umber}. It inhabits cold mountain streams,
            and is valued as a game fish.
  
                     And here and there a lusty trout, And here and there
                     a grayling.                                       --Tennyson.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) An American fish of the genus {Thymallus},
            having similar habits to the above; one species ({T.
            Ontariensis}), inhabits several streams in Michigan;
            another ({T. montanus}), is found in the Yellowstone
            region.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Grill \Grill\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Grilled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Grilling}.] [F. griller, fr. gril gridiron, OF. gra[8b]l, L.
      craticulum for craticula fine hurdlework, a small gridiron,
      dim. of crates hurdle. See {Grate}, n.]
      1. To broil on a grill or gridiron. [1913 Webster]
  
                     Boiling of men in caldrons, grilling them on
                     gridirons.                                          --Marvell.
  
      2. To torment, as if by broiling. --Dickens.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Growl \Growl\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Growled}; p. pr. & vb. e.
      {Growling}.] [D. grollen to grunt, murmur, be angry; akin to
      G. grollen to be angry.]
      To utter a deep guttural sound, sa an angry dog; to give
      forth an angry, grumbling sound. --Gay.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Growlingly \Growl"ing*ly\, adv.
      In a growling manner.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Guirland \Guir"land\, n. [Obs.]
      See {Garland}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gyrland \Gyr"land\, v. t. [See {Garland}.]
      To garland. [Obs.]

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   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

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Garland City, AR
      Zip code(s): 71839

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Garland County, AR (county, FIPS 51)
      Location: 34.57332 N, 93.15396 W
      Population (1990): 73397 (37966 housing units)
      Area: 1756.2 sq km (land), 146.5 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Grayland, WA
      Zip code(s): 98547

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Grayling, AK (city, FIPS 30060)
      Location: 62.89950 N, 160.10740 W
      Population (1990): 208 (62 housing units)
      Area: 27.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 99590
   Grayling, MI (city, FIPS 34640)
      Location: 44.65727 N, 84.70952 W
      Population (1990): 1944 (797 housing units)
      Area: 5.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 49738

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Garlands
      (Acts 14:13). In heathen sacrifices the victims were adorned
      with fillets and garlands made of wool, with leaves and flowers
      interwoven. The altar and the priests and attendants were also
      in like manner adorned.
     
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