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   Garret , n. [OE. garite, garette, watchtower, place of lookout, OF. garite, also meaning, a place of refuge, F. guérite a place of refuge, donjon, sentinel box, fr. OF. garir to preserve, save, defend, F. guérir to cure; of German origin; cf. OHG. werian to protect, defend, hinder, G. wehren, akin to Goth. warjan to hinder, and akin to E. weir, or perhaps to wary. See Weir, and cf. Guerite.]
   A turret; a watchtower. [Obs.]
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   He saw men go up and down on the garrets of the gates and walls.
   Ld. Berners.
   
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   That part of a house which is on the upper floor, immediately under or within the roof; an attic.
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   The tottering garrets which overhung the streets of Rome.
   Macaulay.
   
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