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engarland, v.|ɛnˈgɑːlənd|
Also 7 engyrland, ingarland.
[f. en- prefix1 + garland; cf. Fr. enguirlander.]
1. trans. To put a garland upon; to wreathe with. Also with flowers, etc. as subj. Also fig.
1581Sidney Apol. Poetrie (Arb.) 60 Laurels..to engarland our Poets heads. 1613–6W. Browne Brit. Past. ii. i, Powers..Whose milde aspect engyrland Poesie. a1631Drayton Leg. Piers Gaveston (1748) 205 With funeral wreaths ingarlanding his brows. 1830Tennyson Arab. Nts. xiv, [A cloth of gold] Engarlanded and diaper'd With inwrought flowers. 1853F. W. Newman tr. Odes Horace 110 To tempt the little gods, whom myrtle Frail and rosemary engarlands.
2. To surround, as with a garland.
1598E. Guilpin Skial. v, You rotten-throated slaves Engarlanded with coney-catching Knaves. 1814Cary Dante (Chandos) 147 That part of the cornice, where no rim Engarlands its steep fall. 1879C. Rossetti Seek & F. 91 Snowy heights form a water-shed for the low-lying fertility which engarlands their base.
Hence enˈgarlanded ppl. a.
1858W. Johnson Ionica 82 A sister's engarlanded brows. |