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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth [syn: gar, garfish, garpike, billfish, Lepisosteus osseus]
2: elongate European surface-dwelling predacious fishes with long toothed jaws; abundant in coastal waters [syn: needlefish, gar, billfish]

Merriam Webster's

abbreviation Grand Army of the Republic

Merriam Webster's

or Kaerh geographical name town China in W Tibet

Merriam Webster's

I. interjection Etymology: euphemism for God Date: 1598 — used as a mild oath in the phrase by gar II. noun Etymology: short for garfish Date: 1765 any of various fishes that have an elongate body resembling that of a pike and long narrow jaws: as a. needlefish 1 b. any of several predaceous North American freshwater bony fishes (family Lepisosteidae) with heavy ganoid scales III. abbreviation garage

Britannica Concise

Any of several large N. or Central Amer. fishes (genus Lepisosteus) related to the bowfin and dating back to the Eocene epoch. Gars are confined chiefly to freshwater, though some species enter brackish or salt water. They frequently bask at the surface in sluggish waters and commonly breathe atmospheric air. Their jaws and face form a sharp-toothed beak, and their body is encased in an armor of diamond-shaped, thick scales. Their eggs are toxic to predators. They are highly voracious predators, with long rows of needlelike teeth. The alligator gar of the S U.S. reaches a length of about 10 ft (3 m) and is one of the largest freshwater fishes.

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. = GARFISH 2.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Gar Gar, n. [Prob. AS. g[=a]r dart, spear, lance. The name is applied to the fish on account of its long and slender body and pointed head. Cf. Goad, Gore, v.] (Zo["o]l.) (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 (Zo["o]l.), a large, elongated ganoid fish of the genus Lepidosteus, of several species, inhabiting the lakes and rivers of temperate and tropical America.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Gar Gar, v. t. [Of Scand. origin. See Gear, n.] To cause; to make. [Obs. or Scot.] --Spenser.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Garfish Gar"fish`, n. [See Gar, n.] (Zo["o]l.) (a) A European marine fish (Belone vulgaris); -- called also gar, gerrick, greenback, greenbone, gorebill, hornfish, longnose, mackerel guide, sea needle, and sea pike. (b) One of several species of similar fishes of the genus Tylosurus, of which one species (T. marinus) is common on the Atlantic coast. T. Caribb[ae]us, a very large species, and T. crassus, are more southern; -- called also needlefish. Many of the common names of the European garfish are also applied to the American species.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

gar: the King James Version for GAS (which see).