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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[Sp.

garrote

, from

garra

claw, talon, of Celtic origin; cf. Armor. & W.

gar

leg, ham, shank. Cf.

stick,

A Spanish mode of execution by strangulation, with an iron collar affixed to a post and tightened by a screw until life become extinct.

Verb.

[

imp. & p. p.

Garroted

;

p. pr. & vb. n.

Garroting

To strangle with the garrote; hence, to seize by the throat, from behind, with a view to strangle and rob.