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▪ I. garb, n.1|gɑːb|
Also 6–7 garbe.
[a. ONF. garbe (Central OF. jarbe, mod.F. gerbe) = Cat. and Sp. garba; of Teut. origin; cf. the synonymous OHG. garba (mod.G. garbe), OS. garƀa, garva (Du. garve, garf).
On the assumption that the primary sense of OTeut. *garbâ-, as of the equivalent L. manipulus, was ‘handful’, it is usually referred to the Aryan root *ghrebh- (Skr. grbh, to grasp, OSl. grabitĭ to seize, Lettish grâb-t to grasp).]
1. A wheat-sheaf. Obs. exc. Her. (see quot. 1882).
1502Arnolde Chron. (1811) 210 Noo forestir fro henceforth or bayli make scotal or gadir garbe or otes or any corne..but be the sight and othe of xij. regarders. 1572J. Bossewell Armorie ii. 108 The Garbe is of the Sonne royally supported with two Lyons. 1610J. Guillim Heraldry iii. ix. (1611) 112 There is a kind of wretched cormorants whose Garbs are so fast bound that the poor curseth their mercilesse hearts. a1661Fuller Worthies, Cheshire i. (1662) 171 The Cheshire Gentry were good house-keepers, because they gave so many wheat-sheaves..in their Coats of Armes. Indeed I have told no fewer then six and twenty, called Garbs in Herauldry, which are born in the several Coat-Armours of the Gentry of this County. 1763Brit. Mag. IV. 189 A garb, or, supported by two lions. 1844A. Page Suppl. Kirby's Suffolk Trav. 901 Vernon: or; on a fess, azure, three garbs of the first. 1882Cussans Her. vi. (ed. 3) 106 A more frequent Charge is a Sheaf of Wheat, called a Garb..When a Garb is of any grain other than wheat, it must be mentioned; as, a Garb of Oats, &c. Sometimes the straw is of a different tincture from the ears, as a Garb vert, eared or. Garbs are usually or.
2. Comb.: garb-tithe.
c1630Risdon Surv. Devon §42 (1810) 45 The garb tythes and spiritual profits of the manor.
▪ II. garb, n.2|gɑːb|
Also 6–7 garbe.
[ad. (directly or through the 16th c. F. garbe, now galbe) It. garbo (= Sp., Pg. garbo) grace, elegance; of Teut. origin: cf. OHG. garawî preparation, adornment (and the cognates cited s.v. gear).]
†1. Grace, elegance, stylishness of manners or appearance. [= F. galbe, It. garbo.] Obs.
1591Lyly Endym. ii. ii. 24 Dares. If you be good wenches make as though you loue him, and wonder at him. Fauil. We will doe our parts. Dares. But first let vs stand aside, and let him vse his garbe, for all consisteth in his gracing. 1603Florio Montaigne iii. v. 537 Surely it's [love's] course hath more garbe [F. galbe], when it is commixt with vnaduisednesse and trouble. 1656Blount Glossogr., Garbo, a garbe, comeliness, gracefulness or good fashion. 1670R. Lassels Voy. Italy I. 211 Find the house open to all comers and goers both Ladyes and gentlemen, that are of any garbe [cf. p. 152 Coaches double lined with Ladyes and Gentlemen of Garbo].
†b. Grace of outline; elegant curvature. [So It. garbo, F. galbe.] Obs.
1613–39I. Jones in Leoni Palladio's Archit. (1742) II. 43 The putting of the under Boultel and Casement with their several Centers as this here is, hath only the Measure-case but not the Garb.
†2. A person's outward bearing, behaviour, carriage, or demeanour. Obs.
1605B. Jonson Volpone iv. i, First, for your garb, it must be grave and serious, Very reserv'd and lock'd; not tell a secret On any terms, not to your father. a1661Fuller Worthies, Surrey iii. (1662) 82 So graceful is their Garbe, that they make any kind of Cloathes become themselves. 1703Rowe Ulyss. i. i. 299 This sullen Garb, this moody Discontent.
†3. Style, manner, fashion; manner of doing anything, style of living, form of behaviour. Also, a prevailing ‘mode’ or custom, ‘the fashion’. Obs.
1599Shakes. Hen. V, v. i. 80 You thought, because he could not speake English in the natiue garb, he could not therefore handle an English Cudgell. 1599B. Jonson Ev. Man out of Hum. iv. iv, His seniors give him good slight looks, After their garbe. 1618Bolton Florus (1636) 71 Carrying himselfe..overloftily, and above the garbe of a fellow-citizen. 1642Fuller Holy & Prof. St. ii. vi. 72 Others..use some obsolete garb in their garments, gestures, or discourse. 1647W. Browne tr. Gomberville's Polexander ii. 48 In a very ill garbe she returned my complements. 1668Leather-more or Advice conc. Gaming (ed. 2) 8 A young fellow..had by strange Fortune runne up a very small summe to fifteen hundred pounds, and put himself into a Garb accordingly, could not give over, plaid on..lost it all, run mad, and so dyed. 1694Evelyn Diary 22 Apr., The younger son..lived in the garb and equipage of the richest nobleman.
†b. Fashion, make, sort (in quot. 1599 with allusion to garb n.1; cf. L. ejusdem farinæ).
1599B. Jonson Ev. Man out of Hum. ii. i, I am so haunted at the court, and at my lodging with your refined choice spirits, that it makes me clean of another garb, another sheaf, I know not how! 1605Carew in Lett. Lit. Men (Camden) 99 Wee may still enrich our language with others [words] of the like garbe.
4. Fashion of dress, esp. official or other distinctive dress; hence concr. dress, costume.
1622Peacham Compl. Gent. xv. 191 Be thriftie also in your apparrell and clothing..vsing that moderate and middle garbe, which shall rather lessen then make you bigger then you are. a1625Fletcher Love's Pilgr. i. i, In hose and doublet, The horse-boy's garb. 1727A. Hamilton New Acc. E. Ind. II. xxxvi. 50 Their bodily Garb is a Frock of Cotton Cloth. 1756C. Lucas Ess. Waters III. 260 He is stripped of his wet garb. 1771Mackenzie Man Feel. xxviii. (1803) 48 A man entered, in the garb of an officer. 1789Mrs. Piozzi Journ. France I. 409 Many gentlemen wear black as the court garb. 1835Thirlwall Greece I. vii. 275 He went out at the gate, disguised in a woodman's garb. 1843Lever J. Hinton xviii, I wished to be a soldier in more than the mere garb.
b. transf. and fig.
1667Milton P.L. ii. 226 Words cloath'd in reasons garb. a1745Swift Wks. (1841) II. 137 This [weeping] may prove to be no more than the very garb and outward dress of a contrite heart. 1758Monthly Rev. 618 These books were..precious..notwithstanding their torn and mouldy garb. 1833N. Arnott Physics (ed. 5) II. 126 The earth..soon becomes covered..with its thick garb of green. 1859Masson Brit. Novelists i. 9 Heroic themes..invested with the garb of verse. 1877Black Green Past. vii. He had for the moment thrown off his customary garb of indifference or cynicism.
5. Comb.: † garb-master, one who professes the art of polite behaviour.
1599B. Jonson Cynthia's Rev. v. ii, You see he has played down your grand garb-master, here.
Hence ˈgarbless a., without clothing.
1838New Monthly Mag. LII. 117 He..bade thee ride at noon our city through, Garbless and guardless.
▪ III. garb, v.|gɑːb|
[f. prec. n.]
trans. To cover with a garb, to clothe, dress.
1846Hawthorne Mosses ii. i. 11 Thus garbed they go in search of new discoveries. a1851Moir Poems, Shadow Truth ii, Garb'd in white Religion's robes. 1875Tennyson Q. Mary iii. i, These black dog-Dons Garb themselves bravely. 1888L. Hearn in Harper's Mag. LXXVII. 215/2 Women..very simply, almost savagely, garbed.
b. dial. Also with out. (See quots.)
1868Atkinson Cleveland Gloss., Garb, to bedeck, array in a gaudy fashion; almost invariably implying tasteless or vulgar finery. 1876Whitby Gloss., Garb out, to dress for display. ‘Desperately garb'd out’ outrageously fine.
c. fig.
1836J. H. Newman in Lyra Apost. (1849) 51 The rich earth, garbed in its daintiest dress Of light and joy. 1848Lytton Harold viii. vi, The boughs the leaves had garbed. 1856Dobell Eng. in Time of War, ‘The Rain is on the Roof’, To garb with joy The naked soul of Grief.
Hence garbed ppl. a., dressed (in a specified fashion); ˈgarbing vbl. n.
1599Nashe Lenten Stuffe 25 A treatise as bigge garb'd as the french Academy. 1673R. Head Canting Acad. 100 He being always well garbed. 1887Daily Tel. 3 May 5/7 The Academy galleries held a variously garbed crowd. 1889Cornhill Mag. 219, I complete my hasty garbing under his eyes. |