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Originally appearing in Volume V11, Page 474 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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GARRET (from the O. Fr. garite, See also:modern guerite, a See also:watch-See also:tower, connected ultimately with " guard " and " See also:ward ") , properly a small look-out See also:tower built on a See also:wall, and hence the name given to a See also:room on the See also:top See also:storey of a See also:building, the sloping See also:ceiling of which is formed by the roof .

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