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Garden \Gar"den\ (g[aum]r"d'n; 277), n. [OE. gardin, OF. gardin,
jardin, F. jardin, of German origin; cf. OHG. garto, G.
garten; akin to AS. geard. See {Yard} an inclosure.]
1. A piece of ground appropriated to the cultivation of
herbs, fruits, flowers, or vegetables.

2. A rich, well-cultivated spot or tract of country.

I am arrived from fruitful Lombardy,
The pleasant garden of great Italy. --Shak.

Note: Garden is often used adjectively or in self-explaining
compounds; as, garden flowers, garden tools, garden
walk, garden wall, garden house or gardenhouse.

{Garden balsam}, an ornamental plant ({Impatiens Balsamina}).


{Garden engine}, a wheelbarrow tank and pump for watering
gardens.

{Garden glass}.
(a) A bell glass for covering plants.
(b) A globe of dark-colored glass, mounted on a pedestal,
to reflect surrounding objects; -- much used as an
ornament in gardens in Germany.

{Garden house}
(a) A summer house. --Beau. & Fl.
(b) A privy. [Southern U.S.]

{Garden husbandry}, the raising on a small scale of seeds,
fruits, vegetables, etc., for sale.

{Garden mold} or {Garden mould}, rich, mellow earth which is
fit for a garden. --Mortimer.

{Garden nail}, a cast nail, used for fastening vines to brick
walls. --Knight.

{Garden net}, a net for covering fruits trees, vines, etc.,
to protect them from birds.

{Garden party}, a social party held out of doors, within the
grounds or garden attached to a private residence.

{Garden plot}, a plot appropriated to a garden.

{Garden pot}, a watering pot.

{Garden pump}, a garden engine; a barrow pump.

{Garden shears}, large shears, for clipping trees and hedges,
pruning, etc.

{Garden spider}, (Zo["o]l.), the diadem spider ({Epeira
diadema}), common in gardens, both in Europe and America.
It spins a geometrical web. See {Geometric spider}, and
{Spider web}.

{Garden stand}, a stand for flower pots.

{Garden stuff}, vegetables raised in a garden. [Colloq.]

{Garden syringe}, a syringe for watering plants, sprinkling
them with solutions for destroying insects, etc.

{Garden truck}, vegetables raised for the market. [Colloq.]


{Garden ware}, garden truck. [Obs.] --Mortimer.

{Bear garden}, {Botanic garden}, etc. See under {Bear}, etc.


{Hanging garden}. See under {Hanging}.

{Kitchen garden}, a garden where vegetables are cultivated
for household use.

{Market garden}, a piece of ground where vegetable are
cultivated to be sold in the markets for table use.


Bear \Bear\ (b[^a]r), n. [OE. bere, AS. bera; akin to D. beer,
OHG. bero, pero, G. b["a]r, Icel. & Sw. bj["o]rn, and
possibly to L. fera wild beast, Gr. fh`r beast, Skr. bhalla
bear.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) Any species of the genus {Ursus}, and of the
closely allied genera. Bears are plantigrade {Carnivora},
but they live largely on fruit and insects.

Note: The European brown bear ({Ursus arctos}), the white
polar bear ({Ursus maritimus}), the grizzly bear
({Ursus horribilis}), the American black bear, and its
variety the cinnamon bear ({Ursus Americanus}), the
Syrian bear ({Ursus Syriacus}), and the sloth bear, are
among the notable species.

2. (Zo["o]l.) An animal which has some resemblance to a bear
in form or habits, but no real affinity; as, the woolly
bear; ant bear; water bear; sea bear.

3. (Astron.) One of two constellations in the northern
hemisphere, called respectively the {Great Bear} and the
{Lesser Bear}, or {Ursa Major} and {Ursa Minor}.

4. Metaphorically: A brutal, coarse, or morose person.

5. (Stock Exchange) A person who sells stocks or securities
for future delivery in expectation of a fall in the
market.

Note: The bears and bulls of the Stock Exchange, whose
interest it is, the one to depress, and the other to
raise, stocks, are said to be so called in allusion to
the bear's habit of pulling down, and the bull's of
tossing up.

6. (Mach.) A portable punching machine.

7. (Naut.) A block covered with coarse matting; -- used to
scour the deck.

{Australian bear}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Koala}.

{Bear baiting}, the sport of baiting bears with dogs.

{Bear caterpillar} (Zo["o]l.), the hairy larva of a moth,
esp. of the genus {Euprepia}.

{Bear garden}.
(a) A place where bears are kept for diversion or
fighting.
(b) Any place where riotous conduct is common or
permitted. --M. Arnold.

{Bear leader}, one who leads about a performing bear for
money; hence, a facetious term for one who takes charge of
a young man on his travels.