garget

English

Etymology

Old English garget, gargate (“throat”), Old French gargate. Compare gorge.

Noun

garget (plural gargets)

  1. (obsolete) The throat.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)
  2. An inflammation on a cow's udder.
  3. A distemper in pigs accompanied by staggering and loss of appetite.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Youatt to this entry?)
  4. Pokeweed.

Derived terms

References
  • garget in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams
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