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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,
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modern guerite, a
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watch-
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tower, connected ultimately with " guard " and "
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ward ") , properly a small look-out
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tower built on a
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wall, and hence the name given to a
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room on the
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top
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storey of a
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building, the sloping
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ceiling of which is formed by the roof .

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