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Definition of Garote
1. to garrote [v GAROTED, GAROTING, GAROTES] - See also: garrote
Lexicographical Neighbors of Garote
Literary usage of Garote
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Recollections of Mexico by Waddy Thompson (1846)
"... Plough—Indifference to Agricultural Wealth—Robbers on the Road— Execution by
the garote—Gaming an Incentive to Robbery—Singular Story of a Robber. ..."
2. Dictionary of Hard Words by Robert Morris Pierce (1910)
"[also spelt garote] ga'naot, ga'not. same meaning as garrotte. garrotte a.
mode of capital punishment; highway robbery performed by throttling the victim ..."
3. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"A quarrel for the crossbow. garrote, garote (ga-rof), ». [Also written garrotte,
garotte (after F. garrotter, v.) ; < Sp. garrote, a cudgel, a strong stick, ..."
4. The United States Democratic Review by Conrad Swackhamer (1853)
"The artist had depicted a gentleman of foreign aspect, (supposed to be Monsieur
garote, Professor of Modern Languages.) with his hands clasped in an ..."
5. Many Lands and Many People (1875)
"... now crossing the torrent called the garote. In the latter, where the dam and
hydraulic works of an old Spanish gold-hunter were still visible in a state ..."
6. Recollections of Mexico by Waddy Thompson (1846)
"... Plough—Indifference to Agricultural Wealth—Robbers on the Road— Execution by
the garote—Gaming an Incentive to Robbery—Singular Story of a Robber. ..."
7. Dictionary of Hard Words by Robert Morris Pierce (1910)
"[also spelt garote] ga'naot, ga'not. same meaning as garrotte. garrotte a.
mode of capital punishment; highway robbery performed by throttling the victim ..."
8. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"A quarrel for the crossbow. garrote, garote (ga-rof), ». [Also written garrotte,
garotte (after F. garrotter, v.) ; < Sp. garrote, a cudgel, a strong stick, ..."
9. The United States Democratic Review by Conrad Swackhamer (1853)
"The artist had depicted a gentleman of foreign aspect, (supposed to be Monsieur
garote, Professor of Modern Languages.) with his hands clasped in an ..."
10. Many Lands and Many People (1875)
"... now crossing the torrent called the garote. In the latter, where the dam and
hydraulic works of an old Spanish gold-hunter were still visible in a state ..."
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