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Definition of Garth
1. n. A close; a yard; a croft; a garden; as, a cloister garth.
2. n. A hoop or band.
Definition of Garth
1. Proper noun. (given name male from=Welsh dot=), shortened form of Gareth ¹
2. Noun. A grassy quadrangle surrounded by cloisters ¹
3. Noun. A clearing in the woods; as such, part of many placenames in northern England ¹
4. Noun. (context: paganism) A group or a household dedicated to the pagan faith Heathenry. ¹
5. Noun. (context: paganism) A word for a location or sacred space, as used in ritual and poetry in modern Heathenry. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Garth
1. a yard or garden [n -S]
Medical Definition of Garth
1. 1. A close; a yard; a croft; a garden; as, a cloister garth. "A clapper clapping in a garth To scare the fowl from fruit." (Tennyson) 2. A dam or weir for catching fish. Origin: Icel. Garr yard. See Yard. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
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Literary usage of Garth
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The English Poets: Selections with Critical Introductions by Thomas Humphry Ward (1921)
"[SAMUEL Garth was bom at Bolam in Durham about the year 1660. ... The short poem
on Claremont came out in 1715, and in 1717 Garth edited a translation of ..."
2. The Literary Life and Correspondence of the Countess of Blessington by Richard Robert Madden (1855)
"MB" CAPTAIN Garth. General Garth, the father of Captain Thomas Garth, Colonel of
the 1st or Royal Regiment of Dragoons, was a grand-nephew of the celebrated ..."
3. A Selection of Leading Cases in Equity: With Notes by Horace Binney Wallace, Frederick Thomas White, John Innes Clark Hare, Owen Davies Tudor (1876)
"Mr. Garth,' tenant for ninety-nine years, if he should so long live, without
impeachment of waste, exce),ting voluntary waste; remainder to trustees during ..."
4. The English Poets: Selections with Critical Introductions by Various Writers by Thomas Humphry Ward (1906)
"[SAMUEL Garth was born at Bolam in Durham about the year 1660. ... The short poem
on Claremont came out in 1715, and in 1717 Garth edited a translation of ..."
5. The Iliad of Homer by Homer (1796)
"... of Sir Samuel Garth are what I never knew wanting on any ... and of diction
moft happily appropriate : Well-natur'd Garth ..."
6. Chambers's Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A History Critical and by Robert Chambers, David Patrick (1902)
"'The original of this difference,1 Garth said in the preface, 'has been of some
standing, though it did not break out into fury and excess until the time of ..."
7. Sketches of the Character, Manners, and Present State of the Highlanders of by David Stewart (1822)
"The Laird of Garth had been nursed by a woman of the clan Macdiarmid, which was
then, and is still, pretty numerous in Glenlyon and ..."
8. The English Poets: Selections with Critical Introductions by Thomas Humphry Ward (1921)
"[SAMUEL Garth was bom at Bolam in Durham about the year 1660. ... The short poem
on Claremont came out in 1715, and in 1717 Garth edited a translation of ..."
9. The Literary Life and Correspondence of the Countess of Blessington by Richard Robert Madden (1855)
"MB" CAPTAIN Garth. General Garth, the father of Captain Thomas Garth, Colonel of
the 1st or Royal Regiment of Dragoons, was a grand-nephew of the celebrated ..."
10. A Selection of Leading Cases in Equity: With Notes by Horace Binney Wallace, Frederick Thomas White, John Innes Clark Hare, Owen Davies Tudor (1876)
"Mr. Garth,' tenant for ninety-nine years, if he should so long live, without
impeachment of waste, exce),ting voluntary waste; remainder to trustees during ..."
11. The English Poets: Selections with Critical Introductions by Various Writers by Thomas Humphry Ward (1906)
"[SAMUEL Garth was born at Bolam in Durham about the year 1660. ... The short poem
on Claremont came out in 1715, and in 1717 Garth edited a translation of ..."
12. The Iliad of Homer by Homer (1796)
"... of Sir Samuel Garth are what I never knew wanting on any ... and of diction
moft happily appropriate : Well-natur'd Garth ..."
13. Chambers's Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A History Critical and by Robert Chambers, David Patrick (1902)
"'The original of this difference,1 Garth said in the preface, 'has been of some
standing, though it did not break out into fury and excess until the time of ..."
14. Sketches of the Character, Manners, and Present State of the Highlanders of by David Stewart (1822)
"The Laird of Garth had been nursed by a woman of the clan Macdiarmid, which was
then, and is still, pretty numerous in Glenlyon and ..."
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