gar

name

1. Initialism of Grand Army of the Republic.

   “He was a Yankee and they say he would not hang a man who had been in the G.A.R.”

noun

Etymology: Clipping of garfish, from Middle English gare + fish.

1. Any of several North American fish of the family Lepisosteidae that have long, narrow jaws.

   “Gars are long, slender, predatory fishes of quiet waters east of the Rockies.”

2. A garfish, Belone belone.

verb

Etymology: From Middle English garren, gerren, from Old Norse gera, gerva (Swedish göra, Danish gøre), from Proto-Germanic *garwijaną. Compare yare; but also Old Cornish gorra (“put, place, set”).

1. To make, compel (someone to do something); to cause (something to be done).

   “I shall firste begyn at Sandwyche, and there I shall go in my shearte, barefoote, and at every ten myles ende I shall founde and gar make an house of religious, of what order that ye woll assygne me [...].”

   “Time gars me tremble. Ah, how sore the baulk! / While Time in pride of strength cloth ever stalk [...].”