From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
Garland
n 1: United States singer and film actress (1922-1969) [syn:
Garland, Judy Garland]
2: a city in northeastern Texas (suburb of Dallas) [syn:
Garland]
3: an anthology of short literary pieces and poems and ballads
etc. [syn: florilegium, miscellany]
4: flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage
or flowers for ornamental purposes [syn: wreath,
coronal, chaplet, lei]
v : adorn with bands of flowers or leaves; "They garlanded the
statue"
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Garland \Gar"land\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Garlanded; p. pr. &
vb. n. Garlanding.]
To deck with a garland. --B. Jonson.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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.]
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1. The crown of a king. [Obs.] --Graffon.
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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.
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3. The top; the thing most prized. --Shak.
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4. A book of extracts in prose or poetry; an anthology.
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They [ballads] began to be collected into little
miscellanies under the name of garlands. --Percy.
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5. (Naut.)
(a) A sort of netted bag used by sailors to keep provision
in.
(b) A grommet or ring of rope lashed to a spar for
convenience in handling.
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