garlandn.
/ˈɡɑːlənd/, U.S. /ˈɡɑrlən(d)/ 1. figurative.1570 J. Dee in H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. Math. Præf. sig. *iiijv Whose fayrest floure of their garland..was Arithmetike.1594 in C. M. Ingleby & L. T. Smith Shakespeare's Cent. Prayse (1879) 6 Though Rome lament that she have lost The Gareland of her rarest Fame.1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 v. iv. 72 Al the budding honors on thy crest Ile crop to make a garland for my head. View more context for this quotation1744 J. Thomson Summer in Seasons (new ed.) 125 With Thee, serene Philosophy! with Thee, And thy bright Garland, let me crown my Song.1782 W. Cowper Conversation in Poems 244 Virtue..Crown'd with the garland of life's blooming years.1842 Ld. Tennyson Miller's Daughter (rev. ed.) in Poems (new ed.) I. 112 Where Past and Present, wound in one, Do make a garland for the heart.† b. Christ's crown of thorns. Obsolete. rare.
a. A wreath made of flowers, leaves, etc., worn on the head like a crown, or hung about an object for decoration.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > [noun] > garland-like decoration
garland1303
wrall1540
garlanding1831
garlandry1853
the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > floriculture and flower arranging > [noun] > flower arrangement > garland or wreath
flower-garland1303
garland1303
aneusc1500
whip1513
crants1592
anadem1598
wreathing1600
festoon1610
swag1795
lei1843
wreathage1872
garlandage1885
the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > jewellery > jewellery worn on the head > [noun] > coronet or circlet > chaplet, wreath, garland of flowers or leaves
gerlaundeschec1230
flower-garland1303
garland1303
baca1350
crownalc1443
aneusc1500
diadem1530
coronal1579
crants1592
coronet1600
1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 997 Ȝyf þou euer yn felde, eyþer in toune, Dedyst floure gerlande or coroune.
c1385 G. Chaucer Legend Good Women Prol. 160 A garlond on his hed of rose levys.
a1400–50 Alexander 4599 Ȝour women has na..Garlands ne no gay gere to glyffe in ȝour eȝen.
1526 Bible (Tyndale) Acts xiv. 13 Brought oxen and garlondes vnto the churche porche.
1565 A. Golding tr. Caesar Martiall Exploytes in Gallia iii. f. 75v Putting al their Senate to death, he sold the rest under a garlond [L. sub corona] for bondmen.
a1652 R. Brome Love-sick Court v. iii. 169 in Five New Playes (1659) Let his Priests lead..The horned Sacrifice, mantled with Ghirlonds.
1716 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 14 Sept. (1965) I. 265 It certainly requires..much art and Experience..to dance upon May Day with the Girland.
1757 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. II. 219 A fine painting, representing Diana crowning a sleeping Endymion with a garland of flowers.
1817 Ld. Byron Manfred ii. i. 29 A quiet grave, With cross and garland over its green turf.
1830 I. D'Israeli Comm. Life Charles I III. xvii. 369 To strew rushes..and to hang fresh garlands in the church were offices pleasing to the maidens.
1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise: Pt. IV 57 Round about her shapely head A garland of dog-violet..meetly had she set.
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the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > the Trinity > the Son or Christ > [noun] > crown of thorns
crownOE
crown of thornsOE
garland1377
1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xviii. 48 An other..bigan of kene thorne a gerelande to make.
c1460 Christm. Carols (Percy Soc.) 9 How xalt thou sufferin the scharp garlong of thorn?
c. A natural ‘garland’ or festoon.
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the world > plants > plants collectively > [noun] > imagined as a garland
garland1841
1841 R. W. Emerson Method of Nature 11 Vegetable life, which..festoons the globe with a garland of grass and vines.
1863 F. A. Kemble Jrnl. Resid. Georgian Plantation 19 An ivy..growing in profuse garlands from branch to branch.
d. A wreath of ribbons; chiefly Nautical.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > [noun] > wreath of ribbons
rosette1776
garland1846
1846 A. Young Naut. Dict. Garland, an ornament decked with ribbons hoisted up between the masts of a North Sea whaler on the first of May, &c., or in a vessel of war on the occasion of a marriage.
1868 J. C. Atkinson Gloss. Cleveland Dial. Garlands, wreaths of ribbons enclosing a white glove, formerly borne at the funerals of young unmarried women. 2, Hoops bedecked with ribbons hung at the mast-head of whale-ships returning to port after a successful voyage.
1888 Malta Chron. 13 Mar. in Notes & Queries 7th Ser. V. 284 At the mainmast head of the Alexandra was displayed..the garland consecrated to weddings by naval custom.
2. A wreath, chaplet, or coronet of some costly material, esp. of gold or silver work. Obsolete exc. Historical.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > jewellery > jewellery worn on the head > [noun] > coronet or circlet
mindOE
crownOE
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coronalc1330
circlea1340
garland?a1366
coronaclea1400
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crownalc1443
chapleta1464
circlet1481
cronet1519
cronicle1569
graundcie1592
anadem1598
coronet1599
carcanet1602
frontlet1610
circuita1616
rosary1651
tiar1660
tiara1718
ferronière1831
?a1366 Romaunt Rose 869 Of orfrayes fresh was hir gerland, I..Saugh never, ywys, no gerlond yitt, So wel wrought of silk as it.
a1400 Seuyn Sages (W.) 3234 Hir hed was gayly dubed and dyght With gerlandes al of gold ful bright.
1536 in Antiq. Sarisb. (1771) 199 A garland of silver and gilt, set about with stones of divers colours.
1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde iii. iv. f. 105 Garlandes of glasse and counterfecte stoones.
1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie ii. iii. 73 b A garlande of fine drawen gold.
1628–9 in S. Young Ann. Barber-surgeons London (1890) 397 Paid Mr Greene the Gouldsmith for the silver and making of 4 new Garlands..xxli.
1890 S. Young Ann. Barber-surgeons London (1890) 506 Four very handsomely chased and wrought silver garlands or wreaths for crowning the Master and Wardens on Election Day.
3. A wreath, crown, etc. worn as a mark of distinction.† a. A royal crown or diadem. Obsolete.† d. as worn by a ‘May Queen’, or by girls as the prize of some kind of competition. Hence, the girl who wears a garland. Obsolete.† e. figurative. The principal ornament, the thing most prized, ‘glory’. Obsolete.
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society > authority > office > symbol of office or authority > regalia > [noun] > crown
kine-helmOE
crownOE
diademc1290
garlandc1330
circlea1340
1247 Matthew Paris (Du Cange) Rex veste deaurata, et coronula aurea, quæ vulgariter garlanda dicitur, redimitus.]
c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 331 Þe garland Roberd tok, þat whilom was þe right, þe lond forto loke, in signe of kynge's myght.
a1400–50 Alexander 818 Þis renke & his rounsy þai reche vp a croune, As gome at has þe garland & all þe gre wonne.
1543 R. Grafton Contin. in Chron. J. Hardyng f. lxxi What about the gettyng of the garlande, kepyng it, lesyng and winnyng again, it hath coste more Englishe blud then hath the twise winnyng of Fraunce.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry IV f. xxxiiv Wel qh the prince if you die kynge I wil haue the garland & trust to kepe it with the swerd..as you haue done.
1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III iii. ii. 37, 38 Cat. Till Richard weare the garland of the Realme. Hast. Howe? weare the garland? doest thou meane the crowne? Cat. I my good Lord. View more context for this quotation
?1615 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses (new ed.) i. 619 The girlond of this kingdom let the knees Of Deity run for.
b. The priest's fillet or band of wool worn in token of consecration to the service of a god. Cf. fillet n.1 1.
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society > faith > artefacts > vestments > headgear > [noun] > headband
infule1591
infula1728
garland1791
1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. i. 34 Lest the garland of thy god And his bright sceptre should avail thee nought.
c. The wreath or crown conferred upon the victor in the Greek and Roman games, or upon the hero of any great exploit. Hence in phrases (chiefly figurative), to carry (away), gain, get, win, go away with (etc.) the garland = to be the victor in a contest, to gain the victory.
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society > leisure > sport > winning, losing, or scoring > [noun] > winning or win > awards and prizes
garland?a1513
plate1639
cupc1640
dog plate1686
gold medal1694
gold cup1718
sweepstake1773
trophy1822
bronze medal1852
shield1868
statuette1875
pot1885
team honours1895
letter1897
silver medal1908
school colour1913
gold1945
bronze1960
silver1960
Fed Cup1965
the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > token of victory or supreme excellence > [noun] > award for merit > wreath or fillet
crownOE
wreathOE
garland?a1513
a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 133 At feastis and brydallis wpaland He wan the gre and the garland.
1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xii. 190 The Garlond of Oke, he giueth..to such as..first..enter the breach, or get vp vpon the wall of a Towne..assaulted.
1593 Queen Elizabeth I tr. Boethius De Consolatione Philosophiæ in Queen Elizabeth's Englishings (1899) 81 As a Runner in a race has a guarland for which he ran, in rewarde.
1596 T. Danett tr. P. de Commynes Hist. vi. ii. 206 When war beginneth in England, in ten daies or lesse the one or the other getteth the garland.
1606 P. Holland tr. Suetonius Hist. Twelve Caesars 2 At the winning of Mitylenæ, Thermvs honored him with a Civike guirland.
1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 25 Galen hath wonne the Girlond from them all.
1642 T. Fuller Holy State v. xv. 420 Where one gaineth a garland of bayes, hundreds have had a wreath of hemp.
1658 J. Rowland tr. T. Moffett Theater of Insects in Topsell's Hist. Four-footed Beasts (rev. ed.) 910 That [honey] which carries away the garland and is esteemed above the rest, is yellow.
1705 T. Hearne Ductor Historicus (ed. 2) I. ii. v. 153 Yet perhaps he [sc. Thucydides] has won the Garland from all those who have represented many and great Occurrences.
1725 J. Coats New Dict. Heraldry (1739) at Crown There were also among the Romans several sorts of Crowns, or Garlands, given to those who had perform'd some signal Services in War, and were known by the Names of Triumphal, Civick, Vallar, Mural, Naval, and Obsidional.
1862 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia III. xiii. xiii. 573 Nor is Prince Karl's left wing gaining garlands just at this moment.
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the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > token of victory or supreme excellence > [noun] > award for merit > wreath or fillet > awarded to girl or May Queen
garland1691
the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > token of victory or supreme excellence > [noun] > award for merit > wreath or fillet > awarded to girl or May Queen > wearer
garland1691
1691 J. Dryden Beautiful Lady of May 4 The garland was given, and Phillis was queen.
1698 in J. Barmby Memorials St. Giles's, Durham (1896) 93 Given the Lasses with the Garling, 1s.
1701 in J. Barmby Memorials St. Giles's, Durham (1896) 98 Given to ye Girle yt had ye Garland, 1s. 6d.
1704 in J. Barmby Memorials St. Giles's, Durham (1896) 99 Given the Two Garlings, 2s.
1706 in J. Barmby Memorials St. Giles's, Durham (1896) 101 Pd. the Garlands, 1s. 6d.
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the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [noun] > the choice or pick
flowerc1200
pearlc1400
richessec1450
choicea1513
wale1513
cream1581
garland1591
pink1597
analect1653
pick1766
the pick of the basket1874
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > honour > [noun] > conferring of honour > an) honour(s) or distinction
worshipOE
mensk?c1225
pre-eminence1433
honoura1500
pre-eminency1555
a feather in the cap, hat1581
garland1591
honorarium1609
honorary1610
blushing honours1623
signal1655
gayness1670
honourability1694
honourable mention1797
special mention1886
1591 E. Spenser Ruines of Rome in Complaints L'Envoy Bellay, first garland of free Poësie That France brought forth.
1591 E. Spenser Prosopopoia in Complaints 1185 The Realmes chiefe strength & girlond of the Crowne.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) i. i. 182 You..call him Noble, that was now your Hate: Him vilde, that was your Garland . View more context for this quotation
a1637 B. Jonson Sad Shepherd iii. ii. 8 in Wks. (1640) III Marian, and the gentle Robin-hood, Who are the Crowne, and Ghirland of the Wood. View more context for this quotation
4. figurative. A collection of short literary pieces, usually poems and ballads; an anthology, a miscellany.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > a compilation > [noun] > anthology
pomander1530
posya1569
garland1612
polyanthea1618
florilegy1621
anthology1647
florilegium1647
florilege1651
spicilege1837
spicilegium1846
1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection ii. sig. Hiiv To cast such floures and sentences, as we haue gathered of holy fathers, sayntes and doctours togyther, as in one fardell, or in maner of a garlande.]
1612 R. Johnson (title) A Crowne-garland of Govlden Roses Gathered out of Englands royall garden.
1631 T. D. (title) The Garland of Good Will..Containing many pleasant Songs, and prety poems, to sundry new Notes.
1633 Match at Mid-night ii. D iij a These are out of ballads, She has all the Garland of good will by heart.
1663 (title) Robin Hoods Garland; or delightfvl Songs.
1710 J. Addison Whig Examiner No. 1. ⁋3 The new garland of riddles.
1765 T. Percy Ess. Anc. Minstrels in Reliques I. p. xxiii In the reign of James I. they [Ballads] began to be collected into little Miscellanies, under the name of Garlands.
1864 A. Bisset Omitted Chap. Hist. Eng. 304 Besides their circulation in garlands, broadsheets, and miscellanies.
5.
a. The representation of a garland in metal, stone, etc.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > pattern or design > [noun] > foliage
maple leaf1394
vinea1400
vinet1412
traila1423
garlandc1524
foilery1527
wreath?1586
leaf work1592
foliage1598
sprig1613
branching1652
leafage1658
leafing1688
acanthus leaf1703
feuillage1714
sprigging1775
foliature1814
pampre1842
palmette1850
vine-scroll1886
olive acanthus1888
foliage-border1891
branched work-
c1524 in J. Nichols Illustr. Antient Times Eng. (1797) 127 Playne with a cover gilt, with a rose and a garlent in the bodom.
1838 J. Britton Dict. Archit. & Archæol. 263 Garland..a wreath, or chaplet of branches, of foliage, or of flowers: also a sculptured representation of them on a frieze [etc.].
1879 H. Phillips Addit. Notes upon Coins 3 On the reverse a garland of olives encloses the words, Godt heeft ons bewaert.
b. Heraldry. (See quot. 1869.)
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society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > representations of vegetation > [noun] > garland
garland1828
1828–40 W. Berry Encycl. Her. I. Garland, or Chaplet, is formed of a laurel, flowers, &c.
1863 C. Boutell Man. Heraldry x. 49 Garlands appear quartered upon the..monument of Lord Bourchier.
1869 J. E. Cussans Handbk. Heraldry (rev. ed.) vii. 105 Chaplet, or Garland: These terms are frequently, but erroneously, used to signify the same object. A Chaplet should be composed of four Roses, arranged at equal distances in a circle, the intervening spaces being filled up with leaves; and a Garland should be formed of laurel or oak leaves, interspersed with acorns.
6. Something that resembles a garland in circular form, or in the fact of surrounding another object.† b. Medicine. = circle n. 8. Obsolete.† c. A ring-like marking or band. Obsolete.
a. Architecture. (See quot. 1823.)
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > architectural ornament > [noun] > other ornaments
pommela1300
crest1430
finial1448
balloon1592
brattishingc1593
knob1610
cartouche1611
ogive1611
fret1626
galace1663
acroterion1664
paternoster1728
semi-urn1742
patera1776
purfling1780
sailing course1807
vesica piscis (also piscium)1809
antefix1819
vesica1820
garland1823
stop1825
Aaron's rod1830
headwork1831
Vitruvian scroll1837
hip knob1838
stelea1840
ball-flower1840
notch-head1843
brandishing1846
buckle1848
cat's-head1848
bucrane1854
cresting1869
semi-ball1875
canephorus1880
crest-board1881
wave pattern1905
husk1934
foliate head1939
green man1939
1480 W. Worcester in J. Nasmith Itineraria (1778) 221 Latitudo de le garlond continet xi pedes.
1823 Willson Gloss. Pugin's Spec. Goth. Archit. Garland, a band of ornamental work surrounding the top of a spire, tower, &c.
1849 J. Weale Rudim. Dict. Terms Archit. ii. 199/1 Garland, an ornamental band used in Gothic work.
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1547 R. Record Vrinal of Physick f. 55 Round about the edge of the vryne there apperyth a garland, circule, or ryng.
1625 J. Hart Anat. Urines ii. i. 51 The garland or vpper~most part of the vrine.
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the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > marks > [noun] > other mark(s)
garland1578
moon1855
flammulation1860
1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball ii. l. 210 There be other sortes of Narcissus founde, whose garland or circle in the middle of the flowers is white.
1673 London Gaz. No. 791/4 A Brown and White Spanniel..a White streak in the Forehead..with a Garland about the Neck.
d. Of a target (see quot.).
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > competitive shooting > archery > [noun] > archery target > parts of
pin1584
gold1798
eye1818
blue1830
bull's-eye1833
garland1847
petticoat1864
bull1900
1847–78 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words Garland, the ring in a target in which the prick or mark was set.
1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk.
7. Mining. (See quots.)
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1819 A. Rees Cycl. XV Garland..a spiral groove, made behind and in the stoning or ginging of a shaft, for collecting the water which oozes out of different strata.
1819 A. Rees Cycl. XV Garland also signifies a broad hoop of iron, or a square frame of wood, which is used in coal-pits, to hold on the coals which are last heaped on the corves or gang-waggons.
1883 W. S. Gresley Gloss. Terms Coal Mining Garland. [To the same effect as in Rees.]
8. Nautical.
a. A band or collar of rope (or iron) used for various purposes.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > ropes or chains other than rigging or cable > [noun] > circle or band of rope
garland1495
bull's eye cringle1769
grummet1775
1495 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 189 Aparell for the..maste ffeble..Garlandes of yron abought the mast hede.
1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Garland in a Ship is that Collar of Rope which is wound about the Head of the Mainmast to keep the Shrowds from galling.
1841 R. H. Dana Seaman's Man. 107 Garland, a large rope, strap or grommet, lashed to a spar when hoisting it on board.
1883 W. C. Russell Sailors' Lang. Garlands, fastenings formed of small stuff, used in taking in and out a mast.
b. (also Military) A receptacle for shot: see also shot-garland n.
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society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > naval weapons and equipment > [noun] > ship's guns collectively > receptacle for shot
garland1697
shot-garland1769
shot-rack1834
1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World xx. 543 The Shot tumbled out the Lockers and Garlands.
1850 J. Greenwood Sailor's Sea-bk. 147 Shot-lockers or garlands. Apartments built up in the hold to contain the shot. Also pieces of oak plank, fixed against the head-ledges and coamings of the hatch and ladder-ways, or against the side between the ports, to contain the shot.
1859 F. A. Griffiths Artillerist's Man. (1862) 114 The round shot enclosed in a large grummet or garland.
1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Garland..in shore-batteries, a band, whether of iron or stone, to retain shot together in their appointed place.
c. A kind of net (see quot. 1769).
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > other equipment of vessel > [noun] > netting used for stowage or protection
netting1567
garland1769
gangway netting1794
splinter-netting1799
waist-nettings1849
splinter net1894
1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine sig. T Garland, a sort of net..used by the sailors as a locker or cupboard to contain their provisions.
1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk.
Compounds
C1. General attributive.
a.
garland-forest n.
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1818 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Canto IV cxliv. 75 The garland-forest, which the grey walls wear, Like laurels on the bald first Cæsar's head.
garland-maker n.
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1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Garland maker, stephanoplocus.
1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Chapelier, on chapeliére, a garland maker, a hatmaker, a stiller.
garland-weaver n.
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1849 E. C. Otté tr. A. von Humboldt Cosmos II. 465 (note) The celebrated Garland-weavers of Athens.
garland-wreath n.
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1637 J. Milton Comus 29 For which the shepheards..Throw sweet garland wreaths into her streame.
b.
garland-like adj. and adv.
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1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 43 It..groweth round about and garland like.
1824 M. R. Mitford Our Village I. 15 High outer branches drop down with..a crisp and garland-like richness.
c.
garland-wise adv.
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1600 E. Fairfax tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne xx. xx. 367 From the bosome of the burning sonne Proceeded this, and garland wise the same.
C2. † garland-rose n. Obsolete (see quot.).† garland-seam n. Anatomy Obsolete the coronal suture.† garland-thorn n. Obsolete a name given by Gerarde to Paliurus aculeatus (Christ's Thorn), of which Christ's crown of thorns is supposed to have been made.
Garland Day n. (see quots.).
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the world > time > particular time > an anniversary > [noun] > festival-time > specific festivals
saturnals1487
Saturnalia1538
wake-day1538
Thanksgiving Day1674
Garland Day1833
wake-week1870
wakes week1886
Thump Sunday1916
thanksgiving1930
Garland Sunday1933
Garland Friday1960
1833 A. E. Bray Let. in Descr. Part Devonshire (1836) II. xxx. 289 Amongst the little boys, this day [i.e. 29th May, date of the Restoration 1660] goes by the name of garland day.
1959 I. Opie & P. Opie Lore & Lang. Schoolchildren xii. 262 At Abbotsbury in Dorset 13 May has long been ‘Garland Day’. The children customarily carry round a large flower garland on a pole, and show it at front doors.
garland-flower n. (a) a flower suited for making garlands, (b) (see quot. 1866).
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the world > plants > [noun] > ornamental or suitable for garland
flower-garland1303
garland-flower1563
coronary1610
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > names applied to various flowers
heliotropec1000
flower jaunette1423
helichrysum1551
sunflower1562
Armeria1578
hyacinth1578
pimpernel1578
vaccin1589
heliochryse1593
purple1604
sunflower1622
mayflower1626
starflower1629
bluebottle1648
pink1731
trumpet-flower1732
fly-wort1753
witches' thimbles1820
honey plant1824
black-eyed Susan1836
shell-flower1845
pincushion1847
pincushion flower1856
nightingale1862
garland-flower1866
paper-white1880
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > lily and allied flowers > allied flowers
dog's tooth1578
daylily1597
mountain saffron1597
phalangium1608
Savoy spiderwort1629
hemerocallis1648
tuberose1664
St Bruno's lily1706
superb lily1731
agapanthus1789
Spanish squill1790
erythronium1797
Tritoma1804
Spanish harebell1808
veltheimia1808
adder's tongue1817
bunch flower1818
Puschkinia1820
hedychium1822
eremurus1836
flame lily1841
lily pink1848
mountain spiderwort1849
lloydia1850
kniphofia1854
garland-flower1866
red-hot poker1870
swamp-lover1878
African lily1882
flame-flower1882
Scarborough lily1882
wood-lily1882
St. Bernard lily1883
torch-lily1884
rajanigandha1885
ginger lily1892
chinkerinchee1904
snow lily1907
sand lily1909
avalanche lily1912
Spanish bluebell1924
mountain lily1932
chink1949
poker1975
1563 T. Hill Arte Gardening (1593) 158 Sundry posie and Garland floures.
1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 520/1 Garland flower, a common name for Hedychium; also applied to Daphne Cneorum, Pleurandra Cneorum, and Erica persoluta.
1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise: Pt. IV 296 A close of pot-herbs and of garland flowers Goes up the hill-side.
Garland Friday n. (see quots.).
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the world > time > particular time > an anniversary > [noun] > festival-time > specific festivals
saturnals1487
Saturnalia1538
wake-day1538
Thanksgiving Day1674
Garland Day1833
wake-week1870
wakes week1886
Thump Sunday1916
thanksgiving1930
Garland Sunday1933
Garland Friday1960
1960 Catholic Herald 22 July 8/1 Hawkers will not be allowed..near Croagh Patrick from Garland Friday [i.e. the Friday before Garland Sunday] until Reek Sunday.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > fragrant plants or plants used in perfumery > [noun] > trees or shrubs > rosemary
rosmarinea1393
anthos?a1425
rosemarya1425
garland-rose1635
1635 J. Swan Speculum Mundi vi. §4. 250 Rosemarie, which some call the garland rose, or in Latine Rosmarinus coronaria.
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the world > life > the body > structural parts > joint > joints > [noun] > joints of skull
commissure?a1425
lambdac1475
sagittal suture (addition, commissure)?1541
coronal suture1543
sagit?1550
garland-seam1576
commissary1577
agglutination1578
skull-seam1605
lambdoidal suture (commissure)1653
transverse suture1741
orbitar1782
pterion1878
1576 G. Baker tr. C. Gesner Newe Jewell of Health ii. f. 98v Annointed about the garland seame, it taketh away all maner of payne & ache of the head.
Garland Sunday n. (see quots.).
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the world > time > particular time > an anniversary > [noun] > festival-time > specific festivals
saturnals1487
Saturnalia1538
wake-day1538
Thanksgiving Day1674
Garland Day1833
wake-week1870
wakes week1886
Thump Sunday1916
thanksgiving1930
Garland Sunday1933
Garland Friday1960
1933 Irish Press 31 July 1/7 For fourteen centuries pilgrims have come to Croagh Patrick on Garland Sunday.
1955 D. D. C. P. Mould Irish Pilgrimage ix. 134 Croagh Patrick attracts enormous crowds..the pilgrimage goes..on the last Sunday of July, the so-called Garland or Garlic Sunday.
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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > thorn-tree or -bush > [noun] > other thorn-trees
paliurec1384
paliurusa1398
sea-willow1548
Christ's thorn1553
buckler-thorn1562
garland-thorn1597
goat's thorn1597
Jews thorn1597
milk-vetch1597
sea-buckthorn1731
Spanish hedgehog thorn1760
sensitive briar1802
lily thorn1816
sallow thorn1847
cat-brier1875
1597 J. Gerard Herball Table Eng. Names Garland Thorne, see Christs thorne.
garland-well n. a well at which garlands were suspended as offerings.
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the world > the earth > water > lake > pool > [noun] > well
water piteOE
wellOE
pitOE
pulkc1300
draw-wellc1410
draught-wellc1440
winchc1440
brine-well1594
salt spring1601
sump1680
pump well1699
spout-well1710
sump hole1754
pit-well1756
sink1804
bucket-well1813
artesian well1829
shallow well1877
dip-well1894
garland-well1897
village pump1925
1897 Daily News 20 Sept. 6/2 But besides curing and maleficent wells there were pin wells, garland wells, and wishing wells.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
garlandv.
/ˈɡɑːlənd/, U.S. /ˈɡɑrlən(d)/ 1. transitive. To form (flowers) into a garland. rare.
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the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > floriculture and flower arranging > [verb (transitive)] > arrange into garland or wreath
garlandc1420
wreathe1558
c1420 Pallad. on Husb. viii. 120 Other garlande hem [leves] and so depende, Into the wyn so they go not to depe.
1813 P. B. Shelley Queen Mab Ded. Thine are these early wilding flowers, Though garlanded by me.
2.
a. To crown with a garland, to deck with garlands.
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the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > floriculture and flower arranging > [verb (transitive)] > adorn with flowers, garlands, or wreaths
wreathe1579
engarlanda1586
garland1593
laurela1627
festoon1769
1593 M. Drayton Idea iv. sig. Ev Thy Poesie is garlanded with Baye.
1605 B. Jonson Masque of Blacknesse in Wks. (1616) (Rtldg.) 545/1 Their hair loose, and flowing, gyrlanded with sea grass.
1786 R. Burns Poems 71 Then farewel hopes o' Laurel-boughs, To garland my poetic brows!
1806 J. Grahame Birds Scotl. 94 When garlanding with flowers His helm.
1818 J. Keats Endymion i. 8 A troop of little children garlanded.
1843 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters I. 8 They..have thought it enough to garland the tombstone when they had not crowned the brow.
1846 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. in Wks. I. 23/1 [O. Cromwell] Pat his hide forsooth! hug his neck, garland his horns!
b. said of the material which forms the garland.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > ornament [verb (transitive)] > adorn with garland
garland1602
fancy-fit1820
1602 J. Marston Hist. Antonio & Mellida v. sig. H3v Let choyce delight Garland the browe of this tryumphant night.
1816 L. Hunt Story of Rimini ii. 33 Still from tree to tree the early vines Hung garlanding the way in amber lines.
1832 Ld. Tennyson Œnone in Poems (new ed.) 56 The overwandering ivy and vine..Ran riot, garlanding the gnarlèd boughs With bunch and berry and flower thro' and thro'.
1849 G. P. R. James Woodman I. viii. 152 I will be..as cheerful as a bough of Christmas holly, garlanding a boar's head on a high festival.
c. transferred in nonce-uses. To surround or deck as with a garland.
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1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian xi, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. III. 293 The Thames, here turreted with villas, and there garlanded with forests.
1820 J. Keats Eve of St. Agnes in Lamia & Other Poems 95 A casement high and triple-arch'd there was, All garlanded with carven imag'ries.
a1874 H. W. Longfellow Hanging of Crane vi I see the table..Garlanded with guests.
1881 J. Grant Cameronians I. iv. 58 A thatched edifice, garlanded round with dead wild-cats.
Derivatives
ˈgarlanded adj.
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the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > floriculture and flower arranging > [adjective] > garlanded or wreathed
wreathed1597
wreathy1697
engarlanded1858
garlanded1862
1862 M. Hopkins Hawaii 91 When the priests..were preparing to sacrifice to them the garlanded ox.
1871 Daily Tel. 6 Nov. The May-pole is wholly defunct. No milkmaids dance with garlanded pails on their heads.
1880 ‘Ouida’ Moths II. 33 Her bed of white satin, embroidered with garlanded roses.
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