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v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Garaged p. pr. & vb. n. Garaging ] To keep in a garage. [ Colloq. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. 1. An arborescent cactus of Western Mexico (Myrtillocactus geometrizans) bearing a small oblong edible berrylike fruit.
Syn. -- garambulla cactus, Myrtillocactus geometrizans. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. The small berrylike fruit of the Myrtillocactus geometrizans. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ F. garance madder, LL. garantia. ] (Chem.) An extract of madder by sulphuric acid. It consists essentially of alizarin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From the inventor, John C. Garand. ] A semiautomatic rifle, also called the M-1, used by soldiers of the U. S. army in World War II and Korea. It was the standard weapon issued to infantrymen.
Syn. -- Garand rifle, M-1, M-1 rifle. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. [ Cf. F. margarate. ] (Physiol. Chem.) A compound of the so-called margaric acid with a base. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. lower case [ from the famous water falls. ] A large flow, used figuratively.
Syn. -- cascade. [ PJC ]

prop. n. A large waterfall on the Niagara River near Buffalo remarkable for the volume and constancy of the water flowing over it. That part of the waterfall in Canada is the Horseshoe Falls; the U. S. portion is called the American Falls. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

(Geol.) A subdivision or the American Upper Silurian system, embracing the Medina, Clinton, and Niagara epoch. The rocks of the Niagara epoch, mostly limestones, are extensively distributed, and at Niagara Falls consist of about eighty feet of shale supporting a greater thickness of limestone, which is gradually undermined by the removal of the shale. See Chart of Geology. [ 1913 Webster ]