Garrot

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  • n. A stick or small wooden cylinder used for tightening a bandage, in order to compress the arteries of a limb.
  • n. A bird, the European goldeneye.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A stick or small wooden cylinder used for tightening a bandage, in order to compress the arteries of a limb.
  • n. The European golden-eye.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A sea-duck of the genus Clangula, subfamily Fuligulinæ, and family Anatidæ.
  • n. In surgery, a compressing bandage, tightened by twisting a small cylinder of wood, by which the arteries of a limb are compressed for the purpose of suspending the flow of blood in cases of hemorrhage, aneurism, amputation, etc.
  • n. A quarrel for the crossbow.
    • Word Usage
    "Addams tells stories in which people electrocute, poison and garrot one another but in which nobody gets electrocuted, poisoned or garroted."
    Cross Reference
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