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Webster 1913 Edition

Gar

Noun.

[Prob. AS.

gār

dart, spear, lance. The name is applied to the fish on account of its long and slender body and pointed head. Cf.

Goad

Gore

Verb.

]

(Zool.)

(a)

Any slender marine fish of the genera

Belone

and

Tylosurus

. See

Garfish

(b)

The gar pike. See

Alligator gar

(under

Alligator

), and

Gar pike

Gar pike

, or

Garpike

(Zool.)

a large, elongated ganoid fish of the genus

Lepidosteus

, of several species, inhabiting the lakes and rivers of temperate and tropical America.

Gar

Verb.

[Of Scand. origin. See

Gear

Noun.

]

To cause; to make.

[Obs. or Scot.]

Spenser.

Webster 1828 Edition

Gar

G`AR

, in Saxon, a dart, a weapon; as in Edgar, or Eadgar, a happy weapon; Ethelgar, noble weapon.

Definition 2024

ġar

See also: gar, Gar, GAR, gár, gär, går, and gar-

Maltese

Noun

ġar m ‎(plural ġirien)

neighbour

Related terms

ġara