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Entry 6 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Garland

/gär'-lənd/ · Gar·land · IPA /ˈɡɑɹ.lənd/
01 n. The crown of a king.
  1. 1.
    The crown of a king.[Obs.]
  2. 2.
    A wreath of chaplet made of branches, flowers, or feathers, and sometimes of precious stones, to be worn on the head like a crown; a coronal; a wreath.
  3. 3.
    The top; the thing most prized.
  4. 4.
    A book of extracts in prose or poetry; an anthology.
    “They [ballads] began to be collected into little miscellanies under the name of garlands.” — Percy.
  5. 5.
    A sort of netted bag used by sailors to keep provision in.(Naut.)
02 v. t. To deck with a garland.
imp. & p. p. Garlanded; p. pr. & vb. n. Garlanding
  1. 1.
    To deck with a garland.