garget

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English garget, gargate (“throat”), from Old French gargate. Compare gorge. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡɑː(ɹ)ɡɪt/ Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)ɡɪt === Noun === garget (plural gargets) (archaic) An inflammation on a cow's or sheep's udder; synonym of mastitis. A distemper in pigs accompanied by staggering and loss of appetite. Synonym: gargol Pokeweed. Synonyms: coakum, inkberry, pigeonweed, pocan, poke, poke salad, scoke ==== Derived terms ==== gargety === Anagrams === tagger == Middle English == === Alternative forms === gargat === Noun === garget throat late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Nun's Priest's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 4525-4526: === References === “garget”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.