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n. [ See Eddish. ] The stubble of wheat or grass; a stubble field; eddish. [ Eng. ] [ Written also arish, ersh, etc. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The moment we entered the stubble or arrish. Blackw. Mag. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Diagonally laid, as tiles; ridgewise. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Bar, n. ] Counselor at law; a counsel admitted to plead at the bar, and undertake the public trial of causes, as distinguished from an attorney or solicitor. See Attorney. [ Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To deprive of a garrison. Hewyt. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To garrison; to put in garrison, or to protect by a garrison. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. garnisoun, F. garnison garrison, in OF. & OE. also, provision, munitions, from garnir to garnish. See Garnish. ] (Mil.) (a) A body of troops stationed in a fort or fortified town. (b) A fortified place, in which troops are quartered for its security. [ 1913 Webster ]

In garrison, in the condition of a garrison; doing duty in a fort or as one of a garrison. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Garrisoned p. pr. & vb. n. Garrisoning. ] (Mil.) (a) To place troops in, as a fortification, for its defense; to furnish with soldiers; as, to garrison a fort or town. (b) To secure or defend by fortresses manned with troops; as, to garrison a conquered territory. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. (Bot.) A genus of slender often treelike spiny cacti with solitary showy nocturnal white or pink flowers; Florida and Caribbean to South America.
Syn. -- genus Harrisia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. To garrison to excess. [ 1913 Webster ]