Definition of Gardin
Gar"den (gär"d'n; 277), n. [OE.
gardin, OF. gardin, jardin, F. jardin, of
German origin; cf. OHG. garto, G. garten; akin to AS.
geard. See Yard an inclosure.] 1.
A piece of ground appropriated to the cultivation of herbs,
fruits, flowers, or vegetables.
2. A rich, well-cultivated spot or tract of
country.
I am arrived from fruitful Lombardy,
The pleasant garden of great Italy.
Shak.
&fist; Garden is often used adjectively or in self-
explaining compounds; as, garden flowers, garden tools,
garden walk, garden wall, garden house or
gardenhouse.
Garden balsam, an ornamental plant
(Impatiens Balsamina). -- Garden
engine, a wheelbarrow tank and pump for watering
gardens. -- Garden glass. (a)
A bell glass for covering plants. (b) A
globe of dark-colored glass, mounted on a pedestal, to reflect
surrounding objects; -- much used as an ornament in gardens in
Germany. -- Garden house (a)
A summer house. Beau. & Fl. (b) A
privy. [Southern U.S.] -- Garden husbandry,
the raising on a small scale of seeds, fruits, vegetables, etc.,
for sale. -- Garden mold or
mould, rich, mellow earth which is fit for a
garden. Mortimer. -- Garden nail, a
cast nail used, for fastening vines to brick walls.
Knight. -- Garden net, a net for
covering fruits trees, vines, etc., to protect them from birds.
-- Garden party, a social party held out of
doors, within the grounds or garden attached to a private
residence. -- Garden plot, a plot
appropriated to a garden. Garden pot, a
watering pot. -- Garden pump, a garden
engine; a barrow pump. -- Garden shears,
large shears, for clipping trees and hedges, pruning, etc. -
- Garden spider, (Zoöl.), the
diadem spider (Epeira diadema), common in gardens, both in
Europe and America. It spins a geometrical web. See Geometric
spider, and Spider web. -- Garden
stand, a stand for flower pots. -- Garden
stuff, vegetables raised in a garden. [Colloq.] --
Garden syringe, a syringe for watering plants,
sprinkling them with solutions for destroying insects, etc. --
Garden truck, vegetables raised for the
market. [Colloq.] -- Garden ware, garden
truck. [Obs.] Mortimer. -- Bear
garden, Botanic garden, etc. See
under Bear, etc. -- Hanging garden.
See under Hanging. -- Kitchen
garden, a garden where vegetables are cultivated for
household use. -- Market garden, a piece
of ground where vegetable are cultivated to be sold in the markets
for table use.
Gar"den, v. i. [imp. & p.
p. Gardened (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Gardening.] To lay out or cultivate a garden; to labor in
a garden; to practice horticulture.
Gar"den, v. t. To cultivate as a
garden.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- A decorative place outside-usually where plants are grown for food (vegetable garden) or ornamental purposes (flower garden).
- The front or back of a house.
- slang, pubic hair
- to grow plants; to create or maintain a garden.
I want to learn enough about gardening to plant some daffodils.
- (cricket) of a batsman, to inspect and tap the pitch lightly with the bat so as to smooth out small rough patches and irregularities
- of, in, or from a garden
garden salad, garden shed
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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