GARLICKED

Etymology

Adjective

garlicked (not comparable)

Flavoured with garlic.

Verb

garlicked

simple past tense and past participle of garlic

Source: Wiktionary


GARLIC

Gar"lic, n. Etym: [OE. garlek, AS. garleác; gar spear, lance + leác leek. See Gar, n., and Leek.]

1. (Bot.)

Definition: A plant of the genus Allium (A. sativum is the cultivated variety), having a bulbous root, a very strong smell, and an acrid, pungent taste. Each root is composed of several lesser bulbs, called cloves of garlic, inclosed in a common membranous coat, and easily separable.

2. A kind of jig or farce. [Obs.] Taylor (1630). Garlic mustard, a European plant of the Mustard family (Alliaria officinalis) which has a strong smell of garlic.

– Garlic pear tree, a tree in Jamaica (Cratæva gynandra), bearing a fruit which has a strong scent of garlic, and a burning taste.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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