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Look up: garter

  1. Garter
    A piece of fabric or leather that is laced, tied, or buckled around the thigh of a High Priestess of a coven.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contrib

  2. garter
    [n] - a band (usually elastic) worn around the leg to hold up a stocking (or around the arm to hold up a sleeve) 2. [v] - fasten with or as if with a garter
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. Garter
    Gar'ter noun [ Middle English gartier , French jarretière , from Old French garet bend of the knee, French jarret ; akin to Spanish garra claw, Prov. garra leg. See Garrote .] 1. A band used t...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/G/11

  4. Garter
    Gar'ter transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Gartered ; present participle & verbal noun Gartering .] 1. To bind with a garter. « He . . . could not see to garte...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/G/11

  5. garter
    1. A band used to prevent a stocking from slipping down on the leg. ... 2. The distinguishing badge of the highest order of knighthood in Great Britain, called the Order of the Garter, instituted by Edward III.; also, the Order itself. ... 3. Same as Bendlet. Garter fish, one of several harmless Ame...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  6. garter
    supporter noun a band (usually elastic) worn around the leg to hold up a stocking (or around the arm to hold up a sleeve)
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  7. garter
    verb fasten with or as if with a garter
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  8. Garter
    • (n.) A band used to prevent a stocking from slipping down on the leg. • (n.) The distinguishing badge of the highest order of knighthood in Great Britain, called the Order of the Garter, instituted by Edward III.; also, the Order itself. • (n.) Same as Bendlet. • (v. t.) To inv...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  9. Garter
    An elastic leg band originally designed to hold up stockings but now just used for added sex appeal.
    Found on http://www.labeshops.com/news/?page_id=9

  10. Garter
    A garter is an accessory used for holding up socks or stockings. Originally garters tied on, with the invention of elastic they became slip on devices. Garters may be decorative or simply functional.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  11. Garter
    `Garter` can refer to: :*Ladies of the Garter (1358-1488), female members of the mediaeval Order of the Garter :*List of Knights and Ladies of the Garter, knights and ladies of the Garter from 1348 :*Garter Principal King of Arms, an officer of the Order of the Garter
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garter

  12. Garter
    (stockings) sets garters in her stocking, in 1904 `Garters` are articles of clothing: narrow bands of fabric fastened about the leg, used to keep up stockings, and sometimes socks. Normally just a few inches in width, they are usually made of leather or heavy cloth, and adorned with small bel...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garter



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On 11th February, 1858, a 14 year old French peasant girl, Bernadette Soubirous claimed to have seen visions of the Virgin Mary at her native Lourdes. She also revealed that the waters of a spring near a grotto in Lourdes had been given healing powers by the Virgin. Eventually, the Roman Catholic church decided that the visions were authentic. Franz Werfel wrote the novel, Song of Bernadette, based on the story of Bernadette's visions. read more

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