GARROTE
\ɡɐɹˈɒt], \ɡɐɹˈɒt], \ɡ_ɐ_ɹ_ˈɒ_t]\
Definitions of GARROTE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A Spanish mode of execution by strangulation, with an iron collar affixed to a post and tightened by a screw until life become extinct; also, the instrument by means of which the punishment is inflicted.
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To strangle with the garrote; hence, to seize by the throat, from behind, with a view to strangle and rob.
By Oddity Software
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A Spanish mode of execution by strangulation, with an iron collar affixed to a post and tightened by a screw until life become extinct; also, the instrument by means of which the punishment is inflicted.
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To strangle with the garrote; hence, to seize by the throat, from behind, with a view to strangle and rob.
By Noah Webster.
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To cheat in card-playing by concealing certain cards at the back of the neck: a mode of cheating practiced among card-sharpers.
By Daniel Lyons
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Spanish mode of executing criminals by strangling; the instrument used.
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To execute with a garrote; to throttle in order to rob.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To execute with a garrote; throttle, as in order to rob.
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A Spanish instrument for capital punishment by strangling; strangulation.
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Garroter.
By James Champlin Fernald
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